---
title: "Chevron Butterflyfish"
description: "Chaetodon trifascialis — Fish. The chevron butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifascialis), also known as chevroned butterflyfish, triangulate butterflyfish or V-lined butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/chevron-butterflyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chevron Butterflyfish

> Chaetodon trifascialis — Fish. The chevron butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifascialis), also known as chevroned butterflyfish, triangulate butterflyfish or V-lined butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodon trifascialis*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2901
- Wikidata: [Q2447057](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2447057)
- iNaturalist taxon: [97207](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/97207)

## Names

- en: Chevron Butterflyfish
- de: Sparren-Falterfisch
- es: Pez mariposa Chevrón
- fr: Poisson-papillon à chevrons
- pt: Peixe-borboleta-do-coral

## Countries with the most observations

ID (386), AU (364), EG (248), NC (159), FJ (143), PF (143), MV (87), PH (80), NF (73), TW (49), JP (43), SC (40)

## Summary

The chevron butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifascialis), also known as chevroned butterflyfish, triangulate butterflyfish or V-lined butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.
Chevron butterflyfish should not be confused with melon butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifasciatus), three-striped butterflyfish (Chaetodon tricinctus), or three-banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon robustus).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevron_butterflyfish

## Photo

![Chevron Butterflyfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chevron-butterflyfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: seanmegh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81996913

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chevron-butterflyfish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).