Where does the Redstriped Butterflyfish live?

Chaetodon lunula has 9,129 records in 58 countries and territories, from 1830 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

9,129 records
58 places
110 years recorded
— class

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesChaetodontidaeChaetodon

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18302026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
United States	2,002
Australia	1,042
United States Minor Outlying Islands	775
French Polynesia	725
American Samoa	633
Northern Mariana Islands	420
Indonesia	250
Guam	243
Seychelles	225
South Africa	207
New Caledonia	169
Wallis & Futuna	164
Réunion	158
Taiwan	128
Maldives	126
Philippines	119
Fiji	116
Tonga	116
Mauritius	102
Kiribati	95
Japan	94
Marshall Islands	92
Palau	83
Micronesia	77
Christmas Island	76
Solomon Islands	73
Cook Islands	65
Kenya	62
Norfolk Island	57
Nauru	57
Tuvalu	52
India	45
Mozambique	44
Madagascar	34
Tanzania	34
Niue	33
French Southern Territories	33
Mayotte	32
Thailand	31
Vanuatu	31

Showing the top 40 of 58 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Chaetodontidae.

Threadfin Butterflyfish

15,761 records

Oval Butterflyfish

11,276 records

Speckled Butterflyfish

10,272 records

Ornate Butterflyfish

9,326 records

Chevroned Butterflyfish

9,205 records

Vagabond Butterflyfish

9,005 records

Whitespotted Butterflyfish

7,647 records

Reticulated Butterflyfish

6,918 records

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.