Scientific Name	Chaetodon guentheri   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Ahl, 1923	Depth	5 - 40M
Chinese	貢氏蝴蝶魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	貢氏蝴蝶魚
Max Length	18 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	芝麻蝶、蝶仔(臺東)、紅司公(澎湖)、虱鬢(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、North East
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Hawaiian Is.
Synonyms	Chaetodon garretti, Chaetodon güntheri, Chaetodon guntheri, Chaetodon miliaris, Chaetodon punctulatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0059741. ASIZP0066305. ASIZP0066530. ASIZP0067533. ASIZP0069407. ASIZP0800991. ASIZP0801214. ASIZP0801834. ASIZP0802701. ASIZP0805859. ASIZP0910991. ASIZP0911214. ASIZP0911834. ASIZP0912701. ASIZP0915859. ASIZP0916800. FRIP21300. NMMBP02240. NMMBP03358. NMMSTP00586. NTUM00097Holotype. NTUM00136.
Barcode	2007-01-30,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2008-08-28,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2012-01-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-02-03,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Crochet butterflyfish; Günther's coralfish; Günther's butterflyfish; Gunther's 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 XIII spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 21 or 22 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 18 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 14 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. Pearly white with numerous small spots, some forming vertical patterns, and yellow to orange zone covering posterior part of body and dorsal and anal fin; a black bar through eye.
habitats	Inhabit seaward reefs in areas with rich coral growth. Usually solitary, but also a schooling species that is often on the move, usually in areas prone to strong currents. Usually deep in Indonesia and adults are rarely found in less than 40 m depth. Main
Distribution	Antitropical in distribution, from southern Japan to Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands and from Papua New Guinea and the Great Barrier Reef to Lord Howe Island and New South Wales. It is found in southern, northeastern and northern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.