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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