Golden-girdled Coralfish

Coradion chrysozonus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth25–66 m
Water temperature23–29 °C
Best monthsAugust, September, and October
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Coradion chrysozonus, the orangebanded coralfish or goldengirdled coralfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific with a distribution consisting of colonies scattered along the coast of Queensland, the Frankland Group off north Queensland west to Western Australia, New Guinea; Indonesia and the Philippines. It is rare along the Chinese coast and had recently been recorded from Tonga.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 85 records
February: 89 records
March: 64 records
April: 95 records
May: 76 records
June: 92 records
July: 62 records
August: 231 records
September: 310 records
October: 242 records
November: 105 records
December: 79 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 25–66 m · Deepest record: 207 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 19 records
20–30 m: 160 records
30–40 m: 235 records
40–50 m: 168 records
50–60 m: 129 records
60–70 m: 52 records
70–80 m: 25 records
80–90 m: 32 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 4 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C

22–24 °C: 9 records
24–26 °C: 30 records
26–28 °C: 346 records
28–30 °C: 35 records

Photos

(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Golden-girdled Coralfish, Goldengirdled Coralfish, Goldon-girdled Coralfish, Orange-banded Coralfish, Orangebanded Coralfish

Names in 5 more languages

Spanish: Pez Mariposa de Bandas Naranjas
French: Coradion à bandes orange
Japanese: Kisujigenrokudai, キスジゲンロクダイ
Thai: ปลาผีเสื้อเกล็ดทองครีบยาว
Simplified Chinese: 大斑馬, 少女魚, 金斑少女魚

Other scientific names: Chaetodon chrysozonus, Chaetodon guttatus, Chaetodon labiatus

Similar species

Threadfin butterflyfish
Chaetodon auriga
Citron Butterfly
Chaetodon citrinellus
Blackblotch Butterflyfish
Chaetodon ephippium
Sunburst butterflyfish
Chaetodon kleinii
Raccoon butterflyfish
Chaetodon lunula
Oval Butterflyfish
Chaetodon 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).
1,192 open-data records from 1908 to 2021.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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