Raccoon butterflyfish

Raccoon butterflyfish
	Off Kona (Hawaiʻi), feeding on a sea urchin while a saddle wrasse, Thalassoma duperrey (lower left), waits for morsels
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Chaetodontidae
Genus:	Chaetodon
Species:	C. lunula
Binomial name
	Chaetodon lunula; (Lacépède, 1802)
Synonyms
	Pomacentrus lunula Lacepède, 1802; Chaetodontops lunula (Lacepède, 1802); Tetragonoptrus lunula (Lacepède, 1802); Chaetodon biocellatus Cuvier, 1831; Tetragonoptrus biocellatus (Cuvier, 1831);

The raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), is a species of marine ray-finned fish.^[3] It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Other names[change | change source]

This fish is also known as the crescent-masked butterflyfish, lunule butterflyfish, halfmoon butterflyfish, moon butterflyfish, raccoon butterfly, raccoon, raccoon coralfish, and redstriped butterflyfish.

References and notes[change | change source]

↑ Pyle, R.; Craig, M.T.; Pratchett, M. (2010). "Chaetodon lunula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165651A6080984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165651A6080984.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Chaetodon &speciesname= lunula" Chaetodon lunula" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
↑ It is a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] Pyle, R.; Craig, M.T.; Pratchett, M. (2010). "Chaetodon lunula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165651A6080984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165651A6080984.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Chaetodon &speciesname= lunula" Chaetodon lunula" in FishBase. December 2019 version.

[3] It is a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae.

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