High-fin Butterflyfish

About this species

Coradion altivelis, the highfin coralfish or highfin butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific region from the Andaman Sea and Sumatra east to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northwest Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 88 records
February: 70 records
March: 17 records
April: 33 records
May: 34 records
June: 38 records
July: 35 records
August: 87 records
September: 45 records
October: 88 records
November: 75 records
December: 42 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 20–86 m · Deepest record: 169 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 25 records
20–30 m: 79 records
30–40 m: 75 records
40–50 m: 31 records
50–60 m: 18 records
60–70 m: 15 records
70–80 m: 12 records
80–90 m: 28 records
90–100 m: 10 records
100–110 m: 10 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 53 records
24–26 °C: 166 records
26–28 °C: 110 records
28–30 °C: 30 records

Photos

(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: High-fin Butterflyfish, Highfin coralfish, High-fin Coral Fish, High-finned Coralfish

Names in 3 more languages

French: Coradion à grandes nageoires
Japanese: Takigenrokudai, タキゲンロクダイ
Simplified Chinese: 大斑馬, 褐帶少女魚

Other scientific names: Coradion altivelus, Coradion fulvocinctus

Similar species

Golden-girdled Coralfish
Coradion chrysozonus
Orange-tailed coralfish
Coradion calendula
Threadfin butterflyfish
Chaetodon auriga
Citron Butterfly
Chaetodon citrinellus
Blackblotch Butterflyfish
Chaetodon ephippium
Sunburst butterflyfish
Chaetodon kleinii

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).
520 open-data records from 1966 to 2021.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.