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title: "Peixe-borboleta listrado"
description: "Chaetodon striatus — Peixes. The banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Bermuda."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/banded-butterflyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Peixe-borboleta listrado

> Chaetodon striatus — Peixes. The banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Bermuda.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodon striatus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2570
- Wikidata: [Q1519627](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1519627)
- iNaturalist taxon: [97202](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/97202)

## Names

- en: Banded Butterflyfish
- de: Gestreifter Falterfisch
- es: Mariposa rayada
- fr: Poisson-papillon à bandes
- pt: Peixe-borboleta listrado

## Countries with the most observations

BR (236), MX (226), CW (151), MQ (116), HN (108), KY (97), VI (94), BZ (84), PR (82), BS (76), GP (68), AW (64)

## Summary

The banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Bermuda. Common names include the banded butterflyfish, the butterbun, the butterflyfish, the Portuguese butterfly, the school mistress and the banded mariposa.
The name is derived from the dark vertical bands on the fish's body.  This, combined with a vertical, black bar through the eye, is an antipredator adaptation, the bands disrupting the body's outlines.

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

## Photo

![Peixe-borboleta listrado](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/banded-butterflyfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214006926

## Machine access

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