Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae)

The Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) family has 123 species in the Guppies.za.net fish encyclopedia, 110 of which are kept in home aquariums.

Species in this family

• African butterflyfishChaetodon dolosus
• Arabian butterflyfishChaetodon melapterus
• Asian butterflyfishChaetodon argentatus
• Atoll butterflyfishChaetodon mertensii
• Banded butterflyfishChaetodon striatus
• Bank butterflyfishPrognathodes aya
• Bicolor butterflyfishPrognathodes dichrous
• Black butterflyfishChaetodon flavirostris
• Black-spotted butterflyfishChaetodon nigropunctatus
• Blackback butterflyfishChaetodon melannotus
• Blackfin coralfishChelmon muelleri
• Blacknosed butterflyfishJohnrandallia nigrirostris
• Blacktail butterflyfishChaetodon austriacus
• Blackwedged butterflyfishChaetodon falcula
• Blueblotch butterflyfishChaetodon plebeius
• Bluecheek butterflyfishChaetodon semilarvatus
• Bluelashed butterflyfishChaetodon bennetti
• Bluestriped butterflyfishChaetodon fremblii
• Brown-and-white butterflyfishHemitaurichthys zoster
• Brown-banded butterflyfishRoa modesta
• BrownburnieChaetodon blackburnii
• Burgess' butterflyfishChaetodon burgessi
• Chevron butterflyfishChaetodon trifascialis
• Copperband butterflyfishChelmon rostratus
• Crochet butterflyfishChaetodon guentheri
• Diagonal butterflyfishChaetodon fasciatus
• Dotted butterflyfishChaetodon semeion
• Doublesash butterflyfishChaetodon marleyi
• Easter Island butterflyfishChaetodon litus
• Eastern triangular butterflyfishChaetodon baronessa
• Eightband butterflyfishChaetodon octofasciatus
• Eritrean butterflyfishChaetodon paucifasciatus
• False moorish idolHeniochus diphreutes
• Four-banded butterflyfishChaetodon hoefleri
• Foureye butterflyfishChaetodon capistratus
• Fourspot butterflyfishChaetodon quadrimaculatus
• French butterflyfishPrognathodes guyanensis
• Gardner's butterflyfishChaetodon gardineri
• Golden butterflyfishChaetodon aureofasciatus
• Goldengirdled coralfishCoradion chrysozonus
• Hawaiian butterflyfishChaetodon tinkeri
• Hawaiian gold-barred butterflyfishRoa excelsa
• Highfin coralfishCoradion altivelis
• Hongkong butterflyfishChaetodon wiebeli
• Hooded butterflyfishChaetodon larvatus
• Horned bannerfishHeniochus varius
• Indian golden-barred butterflyfishRoa jayakari
• Indian vagabond butterflyfishChaetodon decussatus
• Japanese butterflyfishChaetodon nippon
• Latticed butterflyfishChaetodon rafflesii
• Lined butterflyfishChaetodon lineolatus
• Longnose butterfly fishForcipiger flavissimus
• Longnose butterflyfishForcipiger longirostris
• Longsnout butterflyfishPrognathodes aculeatus
• Lord Howe Island butterflyfishAmphichaetodon howensis
• Mailed butterflyfishChaetodon reticulatus
• Margined coralfishChelmon marginalis
• Marquesas butterflyfishChaetodon declivis
• Masked bannerfishHeniochus monoceros
• Melon butterflyfishChaetodon trifasciatus