#2373 · 🐟 fish

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Chaetodon vagabundus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © John Sear · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Tsu Soo Tan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Rickard Zerpe · CC BY 4.0
6. © Wayne and Pam Osborn · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Saint-Paul sea front, Reunion:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Taiwan Strait, TW:© R Lai · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji:© Andy Pearce 🕊 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Japan:© もふ · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The vagabond butterflyfish ( Chaetodon vagabundus ) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea and off East Africa as far east as the Tuamotu Islands, north to southern Japan and south to the Austral Islands.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,845iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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.
3,845 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).