Scientific Name	Chaetodon selene   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bleeker, 1853	Depth	10 - 50M
Chinese	彎月蝴蝶魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	彎月蝴蝶魚
Max Length	16 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	彎月蝶、紅司公(澎湖)、米統仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Lawajong, Solor I., Indonesia
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Bleeker, P. 1853 Yasuda, F. etc. 1975 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0070736. NMMBP02914. NTUM00566.
Common Name	Yellowdotted butterflyfish; Yellow-dotted butterflyfish; Moon coralfish
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 28 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 20 to 22 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 15 to 17 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. Series of yellow dots, running at diagonal lines over the sides; a black band extending from caudal peduncle along bases of dorsal and anal fins.
habitats	Inhabit coastal reefs at depths of 10 to 50 m, primarily on rubble slopes. Oviparous. Adults usually swim in pairs in search of small benthic invertebrates.
Distribution	Distributed throughout the Indo-Malayan region and western New Guinea, northward to the Ryukyu Islands. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.