Brown Butterflyfish
Chaetodon collare
- Usual depth2–23 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and March
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Jean, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
The red-tailed butterflyfish, also known as the brown butterflyfish, Pakistani butterflyfish or redtail butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Redtail 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: 101 records
- February: 107 records
- March: 114 records
- April: 64 records
- May: 37 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 28 records
- August: 36 records
- September: 36 records
- October: 37 records
- November: 68 records
- December: 90 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–23 m · Deepest record: 22.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Photos
(c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dr. Thomas Dörner, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Arthur Whiting, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Piotr Lukasik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Brown Butterflyfish, Collare Butterflyfish, Collared Butterflyfish, Pakistani Butterflyfish, Redtail Butterflyfish, Red Tailed Butterfly, Red-tailed Butterflyfish, whitecollar butterflyfish
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Halsband-Falterfisch
- French
- Chétodon à collier
- Thai
- Phisueakhokhao, ผีเสื้อคอขาว
Other scientific names: Chaetodon collaris, Chaetodon fowleri, Chaetodon parallelus, Chaetodon praetextatus, Chaetodon viridis, Chaetodontops collare
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).
- 313 open-data records from 1946 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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