Bantayan Butterflyfish
Chaetodon adiergastos
- Usual depth1–17 m
- Water temperature26–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, July, and October
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) BernardP, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
The Philippine butterflyfish or threadfin butterflyfish, the Bantayan butterflyfish or panda butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the western Pacific, from the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan to Java and northwestern Australia.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Philippine butterflyfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 69 records
- February: 23 records
- March: 80 records
- April: 65 records
- May: 61 records
- June: 65 records
- July: 90 records
- August: 45 records
- September: 48 records
- October: 72 records
- November: 70 records
- December: 70 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–17 m · Deepest record: 21 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °C
Photos
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) libby hepburn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Zara, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Bantayan Butterflyfish, Eye-patch Butterflyfish, Panda Butterflyfish, Philippine Butterflyfish
Names in 6 more languages
- German
- Panda-Falterfisch
- Spanish
- Pez Mariposa Filipino
- Filipino
- Paru-parang dagat
- French
- Papillon des Philippines, Poisson-papillon panda
- Japanese
- Kurakakechochouo, Kurakake-chôchô-uo, クラカケチョウチョウウオ
- Simplified Chinese
- 烏頂蝴蝶魚, 項斑蝴蝶魚, 黑面蝶
Similar species
Threadfin butterflyfishChaetodon auriga
Citron ButterflyChaetodon citrinellus
Blackblotch ButterflyfishChaetodon ephippium
Sunburst butterflyfishChaetodon kleinii
Raccoon butterflyfishChaetodon lunula
Oval ButterflyfishChaetodon lunulatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 241 open-data records from 1929 to 2021.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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