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Chaetodon citrinellus in life
In life — Speckled Butterflyfish, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Ian Banks, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ian Banks
BPBM 11392Ichthyology

Chaetodon citrinellus

Speckled Butterflyfish

As recorded: Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Chaetodontidae

Collected by
J.E. Randall, R.D. Randall, M.J. Gawel, O. McCausland, D. Owens, and L. CraigheadL. Craighead →Mike Gawel →O. McCausland →D. Owens →Johnson Randall →Richard H. Randall →
Date
August 7, 1971
Locality
Viti Levu Island; Rat-Tail Passage (first pass W of entrance to Suva Harbor)
Island
Viti Levu
Region
Fiji
Coordinates
-18.1411, 178.3810 ± 593 m
Depth
6 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
24 Bishop specimens of Chaetodon citrinellus · collected 1900–1988Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 7, 1971, J.E. Randall, R.D. Randall, M.J. Gawel, O. McCausland, D. Owens, and L. Craighead also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Chaetodon citrinellus. BPBM 11392. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35903390. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/11392.

Record sources