Chaetodontidae

Deep-blackfin butterflyfish

Roa rumsfeldi

Vertical brown white stripes

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

Roa rumsfeldi is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is the fifth known species of the genus Roa and was discovered in Anilao, Philippines in 2016. This species has vertical white and brown stripes and has a black spine on the ventral fin contrary to the other Roa specimens.