Chaetodontidae

Asian butterflyfish

Chaetodon argentatus

Twenty Centimeters Chaetodontid Fish

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Chaetodon argentatus, the Asian butterflyfish, three band butterflyfish or black pearlscaled butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean.