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title: "Blacklip Butterflyfish"
description: "Chaetodon kleinii — Ryby. The sunburst butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii), also known as the black-lipped butterflyfish, \"blacklip butterflyfish\" or Klein's butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/blacklip-butterflyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blacklip Butterflyfish

> Chaetodon kleinii — Ryby. The sunburst butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii), also known as the black-lipped butterflyfish, "blacklip butterflyfish" or Klein's butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodon kleinii*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 3230
- Wikidata: [Q912433](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912433)
- iNaturalist taxon: [97167](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/97167)

## Names

- en: Blacklip Butterflyfish
- de: Kleins Falterfisch
- es: Pez mariposa de Klein
- fr: Poisson-papillon de Klein

## Countries with the most observations

ID (992), AU (398), PH (278), MV (211), US (158), FJ (119), TW (87), ZA (80), TZ (58), MY (57), SC (43), MZ (40)

## Summary

The sunburst butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii), also known as the black-lipped butterflyfish, "blacklip butterflyfish" or Klein's butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. This is an Indo-Pacific species of reef habitats.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235685500

## Machine access

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