Scientific Name	Chaetodon octofasciatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bloch, 1787	Depth	3 - 20M
Chinese	八帶蝴蝶魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	八帶蝴蝶魚
Max Length	12 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	八線蝶、紅司公(澎湖)、虱鬢(澎湖)、金鐘(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	East Indies
Synonyms	Cahetodon octofasciatus, Chaetodon octolineatus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0054118. ASIZP0059660. ASIZP0067043. ASIZP0067048. ASIZP0067051. ASIZP0067052. ASIZP0069843. ASIZP0802302. ASIZP0802303. ASIZP0802304. ASIZP0802305. ASIZP0802360. ASIZP0912302. ASIZP0912303. ASIZP0912304. ASIZP0912305. ASIZP0912360. ASIZP0916789. ASIZP0916803. NMMBP00913. NMMBP03030. NMMBP05190. NMMSTP00447. NMNSF00665. NTMP0546. NTUM00017Paratype. NTUM00041Paratype. NTUM00085Holotype. NTUM00712. NTUM00714. NTUM01362. NTUM04813. NTUM04893. RUSI35691. USNM00192544. USNM00192860. ...List all 36 records...
Barcode	2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-01-27,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Eight banded butterfly fish; Eight striped butterflyfish; Eightband butterflyfish; Eight-banded butterflyfish; Eight-banded coralfish; Eight-striped butterflyfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval, deep, strongly compressed. Head length roughly equal to head height; preopercle smooth, without prominent spines. Snout short. Small protractile mouth with brush-like teeth in the jaws. Dorsal fin with XI or XII spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 17 to20 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 14 to 17 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 112 to 14 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded to slightly emarginate. White to yellowish below with 6-7 black stripes over head and sides, one centrally on snout and another as a strong black margin on end of dorsal and anal fins. Third line extends onto ventral fin.
habitats	Swim in pairs in coral rich areas of sheltered lagoon and inshore reefs at depths of 3 to 20 m.; juveniles seen in groups among Acropora corals. Feed exclusively on coral polyps. Oviparous.
Distribution	East Indies and the Philippines, through Papua New Guinea and the Great Barrier Reef to the Solomon Island, Palau, and north to China; extends into the Indian Ocean at least to the Maldives, India and Sri Lanka.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.