Indian Redfin Butterflyfish
Chaetodon trifasciatus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The melon butterflyfish or the Indian redfin butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean from East Africa to Western Java. This is one species of a closely related group which includes the blacktail butterflyfish of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and the oval butterflyfish which is found in the western Pacific, from eastern coasts of the Indonesian islands to Australia.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Genus
- Chaetodon