Butterflyfishes – Chaetodontidae

Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 Hawaiian Name: Kikakapu

Speckled Butterflyfish, Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831 Hawaiian Name:

Saddleback Butterflyfish, Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831 Hawaiian Name: kikakapu

Bluestripe Butterflyfish, Chaetodon fremblii  Bennett, 1829 Hawaiian Name: kikakapu

Blacklip Butterflyfish, Chaetodon kleinii  Bloch, 1790 Hawaiian Name:

Lined Butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831 Hawaiian Name: kikakapu

Raccoon Butterflyfish, Chatodon lunuia (Lacepede, 1803) Hawaiian Name: kikakapu

Oval Butterflyfish, Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 Hawaiian Name: Kapuhili

Milletseed Butterflyfish, Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Hawaiian Name: lauwiliwili

Multiband Butterflyfish, Chaetodon multicinctus Garrett, 1863 Hawaiian Name: kikakapu

Ornate Butterflyfish, Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 Hawaiian Name: kikakapu

 

Fourspot Butterflyfish, Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray 1833 Hawaiian Name: lauhau

 

Reticulated Butterflyfish, Chaetodon reticulatus  Cuvier, 1831 Hawaiian Name:

Tinker’s Butterflyfish, Chaetodon tinkeri  Schultz, 1951 Hawaiian Name:

Teardrop Butterflyfish, Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787 Hawaiian Name: Lauhau

Common Longnose Butterflyfish, Forcipiger flavissimus Jordon & McGregor, 1898 Hawaiian Name: lauwiliwili nukunuku oioi

Big Longnose Butterflyfish, Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) Hawaiian Name: Lauwiliwili nukunuku oioi

Pyramid Butterflyfish, Hemitaurichthys polylepis  (Bleeker 1857) Hawaiian Name:

Thompson’s Butterflyfish, Hemitaurichthys thompsoni  Fowler, 1923 Hawaiian Name:  

Pennant Butterflyfish, Heniochus diphreutes  Jordon, 1903 Hawaiian Name:

For more information see: Steven W Smeltzer Underwater Photography