Butterflyfishes of the genus Chaetodon

The same well-known ZooChatter again placed some very intresting pictures on his Facebook-page, all made during his trip to Japan.
At the Tokyo Sea Life Park he saw and photographed the following species :
- Chaetodon argentatus - Silver butterflyfish. a species for which I had sofar no captive-information and there still are no pictures of this species in our Gallery.
- Chaetodon miliaris - Millet butterflyfish,
some captive-information but sofar only a single photo in the Gallery
- Chaetodon nippon - Japanese butterflyfish, a species for which I also didn't have any captive information and which is also still not represented in the Gallery.
Hopefully this befriended ZooChatter can find the time to up-load some of his photos in our Gallery so all ZooChatters can enjoy the beauty of these fishes !

 

I saw the Chevron Butterflyfish (A fish rarley kept in aquaria) at the Moskavarium last year. At the time I didn't realize it was listed as vulnurable on the IUCN Red List, if I had I would have taken a photo.

 

IUCN doesn't list any Butterflyfish as Vulnerable - the closest is Near Threatened; the rest are either Least Concern or Data Deficient.



Hix

 

I should have said that, usually I forget about to use the lesser known or used classifictions from IUCN.

 

The well-known Zoo-Chatter which visit Japan a few months ago again placed some very nice photos on this Facebook-page, 4 of them being Butterflyfishes of the genus Chaetodon. He made these pictures at the Sunshine Aquarium in Japan:
- Chaetodon decussatus - Blackened butterflyfish
- Chaetodon trifascialis - Chevron butterflyfish
- Chaetodon baronessa - Eastern triangle butterflyf( making Sunshine Aquarium the first public Aquarium I know of keeping this species )
- Chaetodon mesoleucos - White-face butterflyfish, a species from which we still don't have pictures at our Gallery so hopefully our well-known Zoo-Chatter will up-load a photo of this species ( and maybe also from the others because they are worth to be seen in the Gallery !

 

Do you have the link to his account?

 

ALSO
Chaetodon argentatus (Black Pearlscale Butterflyfish) is seen at Shedd Aquarium in Wild Reef. I'll try to upload a photo if I see it there on December 27th. But as they are a rather small fish it would be hard to search for them

 

Hope you will be succesfull and look forwards to your picture(s !!! )

 

Even if I can’t find it I’ll be sure to post a picture of its signage which should provide evidence that it’s there. Also I’ll be on the lookout for the lined butterflyfish which is also there.

 

I gather that's me. There's a link to my facebook page if you click my profile, but I'll drop you a PM in case.

 

After ( more then ) a week without ( or alsmost without ) internet-connection, I started to check the photo-gallery and found some pictures of Chaetodons - several of then already mentioned above.
Devilfish posted a picture of a Teardrop butterflyfish ( Chaetodon unimaculatus ) made at the Kamogawa Sea World, this being the first photo at the Gallery made at a zoo.( see Teardrop butterflyfish, October 2017 | ZooChat )
Moorish uploaded a photo of the sign of the Lined butterflyfish ( Chaetodon lineolatus ) made at the Shedd Aquarium ( see Digital Sigange example | ZooChat ).

 

Devilfish uploaded again some very nice pictures of butterflyfishes in our Gallery, some of them representing the first of their kind in the Gallery. All these photos were made during Oct. 2017 on his Japan-trip at the Sunshine Aquarium :
-Pacific trianulan butterflyfish ( Chaetodon baronessa ) - first photo at a public zoo in the Gallery ( see Pacific triangular butterflyfish, October 2017 | ZooChat )
-Chevron butterflyfish ( Chaetodon trifascialis ) ( see Chevron butterflyfish, October 2017 | ZooChat )
-Golden ( or Gold-banded ) butterflyfish ( Chaetodon aureofasciatus ). First photo of this species at the Gallery ( see Gold-banded butterflyfish, October 2017 | ZooChat )
-Blue-blotched butterflyfish ( Chaetodon plebeius ). First photo of this species at the Gallery ( see Blue-blotch butterflyfish, October 2017 | ZooChat )
-Blackened ( or Indian vagabund ) butterflyfish ( Chaetodon decussatus ). First picture from a public collection ( see Blackened butterflyfish, October 2017 | ZooChat ).
-Black-backed butterflyfish ( Chaetodon melannotus ). ( see Blackback butterflyfish, October 2017 | ZooChat )
-Spot-banded butterflyfish ( Chaetodon punctatofasciatus ). First photo at the Gallery ( see Spot-banded butterflyfish, October 2017 | ZooChat )
-White-faced butterflyfish ( Chaetodon mesoleucos ). First picture at the Gallery ( see White-face butterflyfish, October 2017 | ZooChat )

Many thanks to devilfish for sharing his photos with all of us !!

 

No it's not.
Spotbanded Butterflyfish | ZooChat



Hix

 

Sorry..... overlooked that one ( ? How could I ? ) !

 

Also, I got a picture of a lined butterflyfish (Not signage): Lined butterflyfish (Chaetodon lineolatus) | ZooChat

 

Thanks for your contribution Moorish !

 

Devilfish uploaded a photo of the Philippine butterflyfish ( Chaetodon adiergastos ) which ne made at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Japan :

Philippine butterflyfish, October 2017 | ZooChat

 

I too have a photo of a Philippine Butterflyfish, taken at Shedd Aquarium. There is a Sixbar angelfish in the photo as well.

 

Thanks to Moorish we have just another species in the Gallery. He uploaded a picture of the Three-banded butterflyfish ( Chaetodon humeralis ) which he made at the Shedd Aquarium :

Threeband butterflyfish | ZooChat

 

And thanks to Dormilator we have another species new in our Gallery and also the first info about the species being kept at a public collection :
the Indian butterflyfish - Chaetodon mitratus kept at the Bristol Blue Reef Aquarium. The photo can be found here :

Indian butterflyfish (Chaetodon mitratus) | ZooChat

( thanks Dorminator ! )