#2319 · 🐟 fish
Raccoon Butterflyfish
🇳🇱 Halfmaanvlindervis ·Chaetodon lunula
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- 1. © uwkwaj · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © David R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Karolle Wall · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © 808_Diver · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Erik Schlögl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. © Dawn Goebbels · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Rickard Zerpe · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © David R · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The raccoon butterflyfish ( Chaetodon lunula ), also known as the crescent-masked butterflyfish , lunule butterflyfish , halfmoon butterflyfish , moon butterflyfish , raccoon butterfly , raccoon , raccoon coralfish , and redstriped butterflyfish , 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.
- 4,829 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1802 (224 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Raccoon Butterflyfish
- Nederlands
- Halfmaanvlindervis
- scientific name
- Chaetodon lunula
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Chaetodontidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,829
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1802 by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Chaetodontidae
#2273 📷 7Threadfin Butterflyfish
🇳🇱 Oogvlekkoraalvlinder
Chaetodon auriga
LC 🌍 7.8k seen
#2335 📷 7Redfin Butterflyfish
Chaetodon lunulatus
LC 🌍 4.4k seen
#2373 📷 10Vagabond Butterflyfish
Chaetodon vagabundus
LC 🌍 3.8k seen
#2374 📷 10Four-eyed Butterflyfish
🇳🇱 Vierogige koraalvlinder
Chaetodon capistratus
LC 🌍 3.8k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 47316, Wikidata Q1759410, GBIF 2385531, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.