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Melon butterflyfish

species of fish
Taxon Q1661580

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
C. trifasciatus[6]
Has characteristic
omnivore[5]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[2]
Parent taxon
Chaetodon[3]
Taxon common name
Chétodon à nageoire rouge orange, Chétodon à trois-bandes, Papillon, Lineated Butterflyfish, Melon Butterflyfish, Pinstriped Butterflyfish, Purple Butterflyfish, Rainbow Butterflyfish, Redfin Butterflyfish, Redfin Butterfly Fish, Three-banded Butterfly, Three banded coralfish, Three-banded Coralfish, 三带蝴蝶鱼[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Taxon name
Chaetodon trifasciatus[4]
Taxon range
South China Sea[21]
Taxon rank
species[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en Chaetodon trifasciatus en Melon butterflyfish de Rotsaum-Falterfisch de Chaetodon trifasciatus de Indischer Rippen-Falterfisch de Rippelstreifen-Falterfisch fr Poisson-papillon a trois bandes fr Poisson-papillon à trois bandes fr Chétodon à trois-bandes fr Chaetodon trifasciatus fr Chaetodon Trifasciatus fr Chétodon à nageoire rouge orange fr Mesochaetodon trifasciatus fr Papillon id Kepe-kepe melon ms bagang semangka nl Chaetodon trifasciatus nl Drieband koraalvlinder zh 三带蝴蝶鱼
🔖 Identifiers · 24
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Pez mariposa (Chaetodon trifasciatus), Mahé, Seychelles, 2025-09-08, DD 32.jpg ↗
AnimalBase ID
10273
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Chaetodon_trifasciatus
BISMaL taxon ID
9048873
CalPhotos taxon ID
Chaetodon+trifasciatus
Catalogue of Life ID
TC64
DORIS ID
1040
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1012793
FishBase species ID
5579
Freebase ID
/m/02w6q18
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2385478
INaturalist taxon ID
48744
Show all 24 identifiers +12
IRMNG ID
10580342
ITIS TSN
169577
IUCN taxon ID
165673
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
231940
MyBIS species ID
25639
NCBI taxonomy ID
109707
OBIS ID
218741
TAXREF ID
423708
Topic's main category
Category:Chaetodon trifasciatus
UBio ID
123320
UMLS CUI
C1051547
WoRMS-ID for taxa
218741

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🔗 Connections
Has characteristic 1
omnivore
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Chaetodon
Taxon range 1
South China Sea
Taxon rank 1
species
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Species composition and succession of coral reef fishes on Qilianyu Island, Xisha Islands. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Species composition and succession of coral reef fishes on Qilianyu Island, Xisha Islands. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Species composition and succession of coral reef fishes on Qilianyu Island, Xisha Islands. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Poco a poco · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IUCN conservation status → least concern
    Image → Pez mariposa (Chaetodon trifasciatus), Mahé, Seychelles, 202
    Has characteristic → omnivore
    Parent taxon → Chaetodon
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Image: Pez mariposa (Chaetodon trifasciatus), Mahé, Seychelles, 2025-09-08, DD 32.jpg"
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