Scientific Name	Chaetodon wiebeli   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Kaup, 1863	Depth	4 - 20M
Chinese	魏氏蝴蝶魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	麗蝴蝶魚
Max Length	19 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	黑尾蝶、魏氏蝶、蝶仔(臺東)、黃盤(澎湖)、虱鬢(澎湖)、紅司公(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	North、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Canton, China
Synonyms	Chaetodon bella-maris, Chaetodon bellamaris, Chaetodon collare knerii, Chaetodon frenatus, Chaetodon weibeli
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0057033. ASIZP0070122. ASIZP0072497. ASIZP0075298. ASIZP0805183. ASIZP0807014. ASIZP0807356. ASIZP0915187. ASIZP0917014. ASIZP0917356. BPBMI8669. FRIP21853. FRIP22269. NMMBP05191. NMMSTP00434. NTUM00093Holotype. NTUM00612. NTUM00613. NTUM00615. NTUM00617. NTUM07277. ROM1185CS. ROM39377.
Barcode	2011-08-16,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-01-28,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Butterflyfish; Hongkong butterflyfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval, deep, strongly compressed. Head length about equal to head height; preopercle smooth, without prominent spines. Snout short. Small protractile mouth with brush-like teeth in the jaws. Dorsal fin with XII spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 22 to 26 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 18 to 20 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 14 to 15 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. Body color yellow with diagonal brown stripes on the sides; a prominently broad black bar through eye with a white bar just behind it; a black isolated spot is on the forehead. The dorsal, caudal, anal and pelvic fins yellow; vertical dark band on caudal fin equal in width to pupil diameter.
habitats	Inhabits rocky and coral reef areas at depths of 4 to 25 m. Occur in pairs and small groups. Feed on algae. Oviparous.
Distribution	Distributed from the Indo-Malayan from Japan to Thailand; including the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the South China Sea, and the Gulf of Thailand. It is found in northern Taiwanese waters, Hsiaoliuchiu and Penghu Is..
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.