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title: "Lined Butterflyfish"
description: "Chaetodon lineolatus — Peixes. The lined butterflyfish (Chaetodon lineolatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/lined-butterflyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lined Butterflyfish

> Chaetodon lineolatus — Peixes. The lined butterflyfish (Chaetodon lineolatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodon lineolatus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1797
- Wikidata: [Q1147338](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1147338)
- iNaturalist taxon: [97170](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/97170)

## Names

- en: Lined Butterflyfish
- de: Riesen-Falterfisch
- es: Pez mariposa rayado
- fr: Poisson-papillon à lignes

## Countries with the most observations

AU (403), US (193), EG (160), ID (137), NC (133), TH (67), NF (61), FJ (51), MV (42), HK (41), JP (25), MM (18)

## Summary

The lined butterflyfish (Chaetodon lineolatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish. a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae, one of the largest species in the genus Chaetodon. It has a wide range from the Red Sea to South Africa and as far east as southern Japan and Hawaii.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: marsyd · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300085029

## Machine access

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