Real photoREAL PHOTO

Hawaiian butterflyfish (Chaetodon tinkeri)
Specimen imageSPECIMEN IMAGE
Hawaiian butterflyfish (Chaetodon tinkeri) specimen
← Back to catalog

Chaetodontidae

Hawaiian butterflyfish

Chaetodon tinkeri

Deep Bodied Chaetodontid Fish of the Hawaiian Islands

  • Tropical
  • Island endemic
  • Island endemic species
  • Local endemic species
  • Restricted distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Hawaiian butterflyfish is a marine fish of Pacific Ocean. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 15 cm.

Maximum length
15 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: formerly known to be endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Recorded from Johnston Island (Ref. 11013 ) and the Marshall Islands (Ref. 5439 ). Replaced by Chaetodon declivis in the Line and Marquesan Islands (Ref. 37816 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

Generating…