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title: "Redfin Butterflyfish"
description: "Chaetodon lunulatus — Pesci. The oval butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus), red-finned butterflyfish or redfin butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/redfin-butterflyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Redfin Butterflyfish

> Chaetodon lunulatus — Pesci. The oval butterflyfish  (Chaetodon lunulatus), red-finned butterflyfish or redfin butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodon lunulatus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4307
- Wikidata: [Q3393835](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3393835)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48743](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48743)

## Names

- en: Redfin Butterflyfish
- de: Pazifischer Rippen-Falterfisch
- es: Pez mariposa ovalado
- fr: Poisson-papillon côtelé du Pacifique

## Countries with the most observations

ID (628), AU (440), PF (423), US (388), FJ (351), NC (300), PH (193), JP (117), TW (75), PW (71), SB (71), VU (66)

## Summary

The oval butterflyfish  (Chaetodon lunulatus), red-finned butterflyfish or redfin butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Pacific Ocean from Eastern Indonesia to the Hawaiian islands. This is one species of a closely related group which includes the blacktail butterflyfish, which is found in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, and the melon butterflyfish, which is found in the Indian Ocean.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141138698

## Machine access

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