Not to be confused with Chaetodon lunulatus, the oval butterflyfish.
Raccoon butterflyfish
Off Kona (Hawaiʻi), feeding on a sea urchin while a saddle wrasse, Thalassoma duperrey (lower left), waits for morsels
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Chaetodontidae
Genus:
Chaetodon
Subgenus:
Chaetodon (Rabdophorus)
Species:
C. lunula
Binomial name
Chaetodon lunula
(Lacépède, 1802)
Synonyms[2]
Pomacentrus lunula Lacepède, 1802
Chaetodontops lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
Tetragonoptrus lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
Chaetodon biocellatus Cuvier, 1831
Tetragonoptrus biocellatus (Cuvier, 1831)
The raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), also known as the crescent-masked butterflyfish, lunule butterflyfish, halfmoon butterflyfish, moon butterflyfish, raccoon butterfly, raccoon, raccoon coralfish, and redstriped butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
^Pyle, R.; Craig, M.T.; Pratchett, M. (2010). "Chaetodon lunula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165651A6080984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165651A6080984.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Chaetodon lunula" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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