Chaetodon lunula
Raccoon Butterflyfish
As recorded: Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Chaetodontidae
- Collected by
- U.S. Fish Commission
- Date
- 1901
- Locality
- Oahu; Honolulu
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Chaetodon lunula observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1901. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3,622 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.
2026-10-24
MU
(c) jmargand87, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-23
North Pacific Ocean, Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-23
North Pacific Ocean, Kailua-Kona, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-21
Díli, Timor-Leste
(c) Roxanne Lazarus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
South Pacifc Ocean
(c) currowar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-20
Fakarava, Polynésie française
(c) Louis Beney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Chaetodon lunula. BPBM 1786. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35902015. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/1786.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35902015 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Collection date fields disagree
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