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title: "Dusky Butterflyfish"
description: "Chaetodon flavirostris — Ryby. The Black Butterflyfish (Chaetodon flavirostris), also known as the dusky butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finnedfish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/dusky-butterflyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dusky Butterflyfish

> Chaetodon flavirostris — Ryby. The Black Butterflyfish (Chaetodon flavirostris), also known as the dusky butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finnedfish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodon flavirostris*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1278
- Wikidata: [Q772027](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772027)
- iNaturalist taxon: [97160](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/97160)

## Names

- en: Dusky Butterflyfish
- de: Schwarzer Falterfisch
- es: Pez Mariposa Cenizo
- fr: Poisson-papillon noir à nez jaune

## Countries with the most observations

AU (828), NC (252), NF (103), TO (11), CK (5), AS (3), FJ (3), PF (3)

## Summary

The Black Butterflyfish (Chaetodon flavirostris), also known as the dusky butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finnedfish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is native to the Pacific Ocean.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42304672

## Machine access

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