Scientific Name	Chaetodon modestus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Temminck & Schlegel, 1844	Depth	10 - 190M
Chinese	樸蝴蝶魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	樸蝴蝶魚
Max Length	17 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	尖嘴羅蝶魚、尖嘴蝶、尖嘴蝴蝶魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Chaetodon desmotes, Coradion desmotes, Coradion modestum, Coradion modestus, Paracanthochaetodon modestus, Roa modesta, Roa modestus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055605. ASIZP0057027. ASIZP0058144. ASIZP0059182. ASIZP0060027. ASIZP0060386. ASIZP0062206. ASIZP0066485. ASIZP0068098. ASIZP0071232. ASIZP0073250. ASIZP0074485. ASIZP0079293. ASIZP0800841. ASIZP0801416. ASIZP0803859. ASIZP0805725. ASIZP0911416. ASIZP0913859. ASIZP0915725. CAS15897. MTP0056. NMMBP00930. NMMBP02777. NMMBP04855. NMMBP04856. NMMBP04857. NMMBP04858. NMMBP06207. NMMSTP00729. NTMP0504. NTMP0549. NTMP1038. NTMP1039. NTOU-AE6163. NTOU-AE6213. NTOU-AE6214. ...List all 48 records...
Barcode	2008-08-28,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-10-25,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Triple-banded butterflyfish; Butterflyfish; Brown-banded butterflyfish; Japanese golden-barred butterflyfish
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 XI spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 21 to 25 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 18 to 21 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 13 to 15 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. Overall white with two broad brown bars on sides, one continuous with black pelvic fins and the other ending on posterior half of anal fin; a brown bar through eye; an ocellated black spot at base of soft portion of dorsal fin.
habitats	Inhabit deep rocky reefs, generally between 120-190 m in the tropics. Found in shallow, muddy open substrates with outcrops of reef or debris in sub-tropical waters. Often in aggregations. Oviparous.
Distribution	Distributed from Indian east to southern Japan, south to the Philippines, New Guinea and Indonesia. It is found in western Taiwanese waters, Hsiaoliuchiu and Penghu Is..
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.