---
title: "Three-banded Butterflyfish"
description: "Chaetodon humeralis — Peixes. Chaetodon humeralis, the threebanded butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/three-banded-butterflyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Three-banded Butterflyfish

> Chaetodon humeralis — Peixes. Chaetodon humeralis, the threebanded butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodon humeralis*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1350
- Wikidata: [Q2913077](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2913077)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55534](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55534)

## Names

- en: Three-banded Butterflyfish
- de: Ostpazifik-Falterfisch
- es: Mariposa muñeca

## Countries with the most observations

MX (744), EC (229), CR (175), PA (97), PE (28), CO (11), NI (9)

## Summary

Chaetodon humeralis, the threebanded butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Three-banded Butterflyfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/three-banded-butterflyfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342679056

## Machine access

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