#2273 · 🐟 fish
Threadfin Butterflyfish
🇳🇱 Oogvlekkoraalvlinder ·Chaetodon auriga
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what is it?
The threadfin butterflyfish ( Chaetodon auriga ) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae).
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 7,799 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Peter Forsskål in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Threadfin Butterflyfish
- Nederlands
- Oogvlekkoraalvlinder
- scientific name
- Chaetodon auriga
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Chaetodontidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 7,799
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Peter Forsskål
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Chaetodontidae
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#2335 📷 7Redfin Butterflyfish
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LC 🌍 4.4k seen
#2373 📷 10Vagabond Butterflyfish
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LC 🌍 3.8k seen
#2374 📷 10Four-eyed Butterflyfish
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LC 🌍 3.8k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 52457, Wikidata Q580920, GBIF 2385390, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.