Galapagos Species Database
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Chaetodon punctatofasciatus
Pez Mariposa de Bandas Moteadas, Spotband butterflyfish
Butterflyfish up to 12 cm, commonly seen in pairs and associated with coral reefs up to 45 m deep.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopteri
Order
Acanthuriformes
Family
Chaetodontidae
Genus
Chaetodon
Species
punctatofasciatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Chaetodon punctato-fasciatus Cuvier, 1831; Chaetodon punctatolineatus Gronow, 1854; Chaetodon punctofasciatus Cuvier, 1831 (Ahyong, S et al., 2025)
Origin: Native
Distribution: It is distributed in the Central Pacific from the Line Islands to Hawaii, Japan, Australia, and westward to Malaysia and islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. In the Galápagos Islands, it has been recorded at Pinta.
- Ahyong, S Et. al. (2025) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. doi:10.14284/170
- Bensted-Smith W Terán F, Banks S, Keith I (2025) New photographic records of eight marine fishes from the Galápagos Islands, including three first records for the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Check List 21 (2): 485–505. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.2.485
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chaetodon punctatofasciatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25584. Accessed 7 April 2026.