Scientific Name	Chaetodon auriga   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Forsskål, 1775	Depth	1 - 30M
Chinese	揚旛蝴蝶魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	絲蝴蝶魚
Max Length	23 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	人字蝶、白刺蝶、碟仔(臺東)、白虱鬢(澎湖)、金鐘(澎湖)、米統仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Djedda, Red Sea
Synonyms	Anisochaetodon auriga, Chaetodon auriga setifier, Chaetodon lunaris, Chaetodon satifer, Chaetodon sebanus, Chaetodon setifer, Linophora auriga, Pomacanthus filamentosus, Pomacentrus setifer, Sarothrodus auriga, Tetragonoptrus auriga, Tetragonoptrus setifer
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Forsskål, P. 1775 Randall, J. E. etc. 1981 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0054076. ASIZP0054350. ASIZP0057034. ASIZP0057391. ASIZP0057776. ASIZP0058141. ASIZP0059572. ASIZP0059757. ASIZP0067050. ASIZP0069614. ASIZP0071229. ASIZP0700111. ASIZP0802301. ASIZP0802531. ASIZP0802628. ASIZP0912301. ASIZP0912531. ASIZP0916799. BPBMI23311. FRIP00221. FRIP21108. FRIP22113. NMMBP00609. NMMBP00775. NMMBP00836. NMMBP00885. NMMBP00887. NMMBP00888. NMMBP01709. NMMBP01714. NMMBP02351. NMMBP04177. NMMBP04916. NMMBP04917. NMMBP06636. NMMBP08496. NMMBP08668. NTUM00012Paratype. ...List all 69 records...
Barcode	2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Threadfin coralfish; Threadfin butterfly; Whip butterflyfish; Threadfin butterflyfish; Threadfin; Diagonal butterflyfish; Cross-stripe butterfly
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval, deep, strongly compressed. Head length roughly 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-XIII spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 22 to 25 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 18 to 21 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 14 to 15 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. A pattern of `chevron' markings on the sides and a prominent black spot at the posterior edge of the soft portion of the dorsal fin. Adults of this species have a prominent black vertical band running across the eye, and a filament trailing posteriorly from the upper soft portion of the dorsal fin. Juveniles with a black bar over the head that hides the eye and an eye-sized black spot on the soft dorsal fin.
habitats	Inhabits a wide variety of habitats at depths of 3 to 20 m. Feed mainly by tearing pieces from polychaetes, sea anemones, coral polyps, and algae; solitary or in pairs.
Distribution	Widely distributed in Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Rapa islands; throughout Micronesia. Widely around coral reefs in Taiwan.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.