Chaetodon rainfordi

Rainford's Butterflyfish

As recorded: Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Chaetodontidae

Collected by: R.H. Snider
Date: October 9, 1964
Locality: Heron Island; N side; large pool at reef crest
Island: Heron Island
Depth: 1 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

3 Bishop specimens of Chaetodon rainfordi · collected 1964–1973Species page ›

Collected the same day

On October 9, 1964, R.H. Snider also collected 24+ other specimens.

Chaetodon rainfordi observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1964. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 616 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-16.

2026-10-16

Butterfly Bay, Whitsundays, Australia

(c) Rod Sleath, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-10

Ellison Reef, Australia

(c) Adam Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-10

Inner 'Lighthouse' zone

(c) MarineTom76, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-10

Ellison Reef East

(c) Ananya Majumdar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04

Redland Bal, AU-QL, AU

(c) Kian Hardcastle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-30

Caloundra - Kawana, Queensland, Australia

(c) benthomson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Chaetodon rainfordi. BPBM 5646. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35904397. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/5646.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 35904397 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026