Chaetodon lunula
Raccoon Butterflyfish
As recorded: Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Chaetodontidae
- Collected by
- R.H. Snider
- Date
- January 17, 1965
- Locality
- Rarotonga; NE side; Matavera Village
- Island
- Rarotonga
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On January 17, 1965, R.H. Snider also collected 16 other specimens.
Blenniella caudolineata
Ichthyology
Blenniella paula
Ichthyology
Choeroichthys brachysoma
Ichthyology
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
Ichthyology
Epinephelus tauvina
Ichthyology
Gymnothorax chilospilus
Ichthyology
Leiuranus semicinctus
Ichthyology
Moringua
Ichthyology
Myrichthys maculosus
Ichthyology
Ostorhinchus taeniophorus
Ichthyology
Parapercis millepunctata
Ichthyology
Priolepis semidoliata
Ichthyology
Sargocentron punctatissimum
Ichthyology
Scorpaenodes guamensis
Ichthyology
Sebastapistes mauritiana
Ichthyology
Stegastes albifasciatus
Ichthyology
Chaetodon lunula observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1965. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3,620 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 5654. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35902007. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/5654.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35902007 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026