Scientific Name
Coradion chrysozonus  
Pronounce  
Coradion chrysozonus金斑少女魚
by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author (Cuvier, 1831) Depth 1 - 60M
Chinese 金斑少女魚 Poisonous Fish No 
Family_Chinese 蝴蝶魚科 Economic Fish No 
Family F393 Chaetodontidae Edible Fish Yes  Chinese In Mainland China 少女魚 
Max Length 15 cm  Aquarium Fish Yes  Common Name 大斑馬 
Distribution in World India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean   Distribution in Taiwan North、North East 
Habitats Coral、Coastal  Holotype Locality Java 
Synonyms Chaetodon chrysozonus, Chaetodon guttatus, Chaetodon labiatus   
Reference 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1831 Yasuda, F. etc. 1975 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 
Specimen List ASIZP0060388. ASIZP0070745. ASIZP0700023. FRIP00294. NMMBP04314. NMNSF00658.  
Common Name Orange-banded coralfish; Golden-girdled coralfish; Goldengirdled coralfish; Goldon-girdled coralfish 
Redlist Status NL 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 IX spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 28 to 30 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 19 to 21 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 15 to 16 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. Overall whitish with two close-set yellow-orange to dark brown bars at level of pelvic fins; a third broader dark brown bar posteriorly on juvenilies which becomes orange yellow in adults; juvenilies, subadults and adults with an ocellus on dorsal fin; a dark brown bar though eye and another across base of caudal fin; pelvic fins dark brown to black.
habitats Coastal to outer reef drop-offs with rich invertebrate growth to 60 m depth; may also occur in areas with sparse coral growth. Feeds on sponges. 
Distribution Widely distributed in Indo-West Pacific from the coast of Queensland, the Frankland Group off north Queensland, Western Australia, and New Guinea; Indonesia and the Philippines, and very seldom along the Chinese coast. It is found in northern Taiwanese wa 
Utility Marine aquarium fish.