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title: "Raccoon Butterflyfish"
description: "Chaetodon lunula — Pesci. The raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), also known as the crescent-masked butterflyfish, lunule butterflyfish, halfmoon butterflyfish, moon butterflyfish, raccoon butterfly, raccoon, raccoon coralfish, and redstriped butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/raccoon-butterflyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Raccoon Butterflyfish

> Chaetodon lunula — Pesci. The raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), also known as the crescent-masked butterflyfish, lunule butterflyfish, halfmoon butterflyfish, moon butterflyfish, raccoon butterfly, raccoon, raccoon coralfish, and redstriped butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodon lunula*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4713
- Wikidata: [Q1759410](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1759410)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47316](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47316)

## Names

- en: Raccoon Butterflyfish
- de: Mondsichel-Falterfisch
- es: Pez mariposa mapache
- fr: Poisson-papillon raton laveur
- nl: Halfmaanvlindervis
- pl: Ustnik lunula

## Countries with the most observations

US (1706), ID (305), AU (295), PF (280), MV (143), ZA (142), TW (91), FJ (90), PH (85), SC (79), MU (76), RE (76)

## Summary

The raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), also known as the crescent-masked butterflyfish, lunule butterflyfish, halfmoon butterflyfish, moon butterflyfish, raccoon butterfly, raccoon, raccoon coralfish, and redstriped butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: laiet17 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/397371474

## Machine access

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