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Chaetodon octofasciatus
Eightband Butterflyfish
As recorded: Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch, 1787
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Chaetodontidae
- Collected by
- R.L. Pyle, B.A. Carlson, and W. Owen McMillanBruce A. Carlson →W. Owen McMillan →Richard L. Pyle →
- Date
- October 14, 1993
- Locality
- Big Nggela Island; Roderick Bay
- Island
- Big Nggela
- Region
- Solomon Islands
- Coordinates
- -9.0100, 160.1300
- Depth
- 14 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Chaetodon octofasciatus observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1993. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2019-04-25.
2019-04-25
Florida Islands, Solomon Islands
(c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2018-03-29
Florida Islands, Solomon Islands
(c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Chaetodon octofasciatus. BPBM 35832. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35902196. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/35832.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35902196 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026