Chaetodon lineolatus Lined Butterflyfish

Chaetodon lineolatus is commonly referred to as Lined Butterflyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 464
AphiaID:: 218734

Scientific:: Chaetodon lineolatus
German:: Riesen-Falterfisch, Gestreifter-Falterfisch
English:: Lined Butterflyfish

Category:: Fjärilsfiskar

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Acanthuriformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Chaetodon (Genus) > lineolatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Cuvier, 1831

Occurrence:: Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bali, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lombok, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Maumere, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Socotra Arch, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Togean Islands, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam, Yemen
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 2 - 171 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Lagoons, Reef-associated, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 11.02" - 11.81" (28cm - 30cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Coral polyps = corallivorous, Invertebrates, Sea anemones
Tank:: 329.97 gal (~ 1500L)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Chaetodon sp.
Falterfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-05 12:50:02
Last edit:: 2025-06-06 15:37:08

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Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831

Synonymised names
Anisochaetodon lineolatus (Cuvier, 1831) · unaccepted
Chaetodon lieneolatus Cuvier, 1831 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chaetodon lunatus Cuvier, 1831 · unaccepted
Chaetodon tallii Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted
Tetragonoptrus lineolatus (Cuvier, 1831) · unaccepted

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 06.06.2025.

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Copyright Richard Field, Foto aus dem Roten Meer, Saudi Arabien

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Hiroyuki Tanaka
@Hiroyuki Tanaka

am 01.06.05#1

Indo-w.Pacific; 30 cm; very common
Small specimens to young adults common in our area; greatly similar to the relative C.oxycephalus, from Indo-Australian Archipelago and Kerama Islands, Okinawa; one of the largest members in the genus; I saw a gigantic fully-grown adult at the depth of 2 meters in Hanauma Bay, Oahu but it disappeared immediately among rocks; very easy to keep

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