Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blacklip Butterflyfish
Blacklip Butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Chaetodon kleinii
Family: Chaetodontidae
Category: Butterflyfishes
Also known as: Sunburst Butterflyfish
Size: 3 to 5 in. (8 to 14 cm)  
Depth: 20-180 ft. (6-55 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Great Barrier Reef

Fish
Disk & Large Oval
Butterflyfishes

Blacklip Butterflyfish

Reticulated Butterflyfish

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Bluestripe Butterflyfish

Threebanded Butterflyfish

Pyramid Butterflyfish

Blacknosed Butterflyfish

Longsnout Butterflyfish

Orange-Banded Coralfish

Two-Eyed Coralfish

Humphead Bannerfish

Pennant Bannerfish

Masked Bannerfish

Singular Bannerfish

Schooling Bannerfish

Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish (Dark Form)

Banded Butterflyfish

Foureye Butterflyfish

Spotfin Butterflyfish

Reef Butterflyfish

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Atoll Butterflyfish

Crosshatch Butterflyfish

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Ornate Butterflyfish

Spot-Banded Butterflyfish

Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish

Redfin Butterflyfish

Fourspot Butterflyfish

Speckled Butterflyfish

Meyer's Butterflyfish

Meyer's Butterflyfish (Juvenile)

Dot-Dash Butterflyfish

Multiband Butterflyfish

Milletseed Butterflyfish

Raccoon Butterflyfish

Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish

Panda Butterflyfish

Black Butterflyfish

Black-Backed Butterflyfish

Blue-Spot Butterflyfish

Dotted butterflyfish

Eclipse Butterflyfish

Ovalspot Butterflyfish

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Spot-Nape Butterflyfish

Latticed Butterflyfish

Eight-Banded Butterflyfish

Eight-Banded Butterflyfish (White Variation)

Surgeonfishes
Rabbitfishes
Angelfishes
Zanclidae

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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