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Mirror butterflyfish (Chaetodon speculum)
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Mirror butterflyfish (Chaetodon speculum) specimen
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Chaetodontidae

Mirror butterflyfish

Chaetodon speculum

Eighteen Centimeters Chaetodontid Fish from the Pacific Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Mirror butterflyfish is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 18 cm.

Maximum length
18 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Indonesia to Japan and south to the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea. Reported from Mauritius, Madagascar, and Reunion (Ref. 4858 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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