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Chaetodon ephippium
English: Saddleback Butterfly Fish (2); Hawaiian: kikakapu (1)
As recorded: Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Chaetodontidae
- Collected by
- J.E. Randall and J.P. McVeyJ.P. McVey →Johnson Randall →
- Date
- October 29, 1968
- Locality
- Fanning Island; coral reef near center of lagoon
- Island
- Fanning Island
- Depth
- 7 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 29, 1968, J.E. Randall and J.P. McVey also collected 21 other specimens.
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Cite this specimen
Chaetodon ephippium. BPBM 7626. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35903761. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/7626.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35903761 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026