Scientific Name	Chaetodon vagabundus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Linnaeus, 1758	Depth	3 - 30M
Chinese	飄浮蝴蝶魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	斜紋蝴蝶魚
Max Length	23 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	假人字蝶、蝶仔(臺東)、紅司公(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、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	East Indies
Synonyms	Anisochaetodon vagabundus, Chaetodon mesogallicus, Chaetodon nesogallicus, Chaetodon pictus, Chaetodon setifer hawaiiensis, Chaetodon vugabundus, Tetragonoptrus nesogallicus, Tetragonoptrus vagabundus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0057022. ASIZP0057392. ASIZP0057777. ASIZP0058146. ASIZP0058147. ASIZP0058920. ASIZP0059152. ASIZP0059176. ASIZP0059569. ASIZP0060387. ASIZP0060446. ASIZP0066300. ASIZP0071219. ASIZP0071228. ASIZP0071540. ASIZP0073172. ASIZP0073173. ASIZP0074844. ASIZP0800923. ASIZP0805597. ASIZP0805598. ASIZP0805885. ASIZP0805894. ASIZP0900115. ASIZP0910923. ASIZP0915597. ASIZP0915598. ASIZP0915885. ASIZP0915894. FRIP00466. FRIP21107. FRIP22224. FRIP22344. NMMBP00019. NMMBP00772. NMMBP00877. NMMBP00903. ...List all 90 records...
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Vagabond coralfish; Vagabond's butterflyfish; Vagabond butterflyfish; Butterfly fish; Criss-cross butterflyfish; Crisscross 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 XII-XIII spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 22 to 25 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 19 to 20 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 14 to 16 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. Overall white with ascendant oblique dark lines on anterior half, and with descendant oblique dark lines on posterior half; a black bar through eye and caudal peduncle; a narrower submarginal black bar posteriorly on median fins.
habitats	Found in reef flats, lagoon and seaward reefs and sometimes in turbid waters subject to freshwater runoff. Swim in pairs. Omnivorous, feed on algae, coral polyps, crustaceans and worms. Oviparous. Hardly territorial and often accompanies other species wit
Distribution	Widespread in the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to the Line and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to the Lord Howe and the Austral islands. Widely around coral reefs in Taiwan.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.