---
title: "Oogvlekkoraalvlinder"
description: "Chaetodon auriga — Vissen. The threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga) is a species of butterflyfish, which are tropical marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/threadfin-butterflyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oogvlekkoraalvlinder

> Chaetodon auriga — Vissen. The threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga) is a species of butterflyfish, which are tropical marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodon auriga*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 7618
- Wikidata: [Q580920](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q580920)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52457](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52457)

## Names

- en: Threadfin Butterflyfish
- de: Fähnchen-Falterfisch
- es: Pez mariposa de hebra
- fr: Poisson-papillon cocher
- nl: Oogvlekkoraalvlinder
- pt: Threadfin butterflyfish
- pl: Ustnik pawik

## Countries with the most observations

US (1584), AU (1413), EG (746), PF (334), MV (264), ID (235), NC (234), FJ (162), CK (160), NF (144), JP (130), SC (107)

## Summary

The threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga) is a species of butterflyfish, which are tropical marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.

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

## Photo

![Oogvlekkoraalvlinder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/threadfin-butterflyfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: carol5126 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255120530

## Machine access

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