What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Chevroned Butterflyfish been recorded?

Chaetodon trifascialis occurrence evidence comes from 1,895 records in 36 countries and territories, from 1881 to 2026. Most records come from United States Minor Outlying Islands.

Chevroned Butterflyfish
Chevroned Butterflyfish — Photo (display-sized rendition): Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesChaetodontidaeChaetodon

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,895 records across 36 countries and territories, 1881–2026.

Chaetodon trifascialis · GBIF taxon key 2385428

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. 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

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

Where Chevroned Butterflyfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Chevroned Butterflyfish. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States Minor Outlying Islands 518
United States 487
American Samoa 418
French Polynesia 51
Palau 49
Northern Mariana Islands 47
Australia 43
Philippines 36
Indonesia 34
New Caledonia 25
Guam 24
Seychelles 21
Maldives 20
Micronesia 18
Egypt 17
Marshall Islands 16
British Indian Ocean Territory 11
Papua New Guinea 9
Mauritius 8
Solomon Islands 7
Fiji 6
Thailand 5
Japan 3
Saudi Arabia 3
Tonga 3
Wallis & Futuna 3
Cook Islands 2
Vietnam 2
Mayotte 2
China 1
Madagascar 1
Malaysia 1
Réunion 1
Vanuatu 1
Samoa 1
Yemen 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.