Sealife guideThe milletseed butterflyfishChaetodon miliaris
Last updated on 10/24/2025 at 06:45 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Milletseed butterflyfish, millet butterflyfish
- French name: Poisson papillon grains de millet
- Scientific name: Chaetodon miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
- Family name: Chaetodontidae
- Order name: Acanthuriformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Geographic range
The milletseed butterflyfish is native to the
Hawaiian islands and Johnston atoll.
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(Heniochus varius)
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(Coradion chrysozonus)
Pyramid butterflyfish
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Singular bannerfish
(Heniochus singularius)
Two eyed butterflyfish
(Coradion melanopus)
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(Phycis phycis)
Map puffer
(Arothron mappa)
Pearly razorfish
(Xyrichtys novacula)
Redcoat
(Sargocentron rubrum)
Shadowfin soldierfish
(Myripristis adusta)
Short dragonfish
(Eurypegasus draconis)
Ternate damselfish
(Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis)
Yellow-edged lyretail
(Variola louti)
The marine species from Hawaii
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(Ostracion meleagris)
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(Cantherhines dumerilii)
Yellow boxfish
(Ostracion cubicus)
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Go surfing in Hawaii
The Hawaiian archipelago
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