Chaetodon pelewensis

[2] Chaetodon pelewensis is found across the southern Pacific Ocean from Papua New Guinea to the Tuamotu Archipelago.This species is abundant on the Great Barrier Reef and in the Coral Sea.[6] Chaetodon pelewensis is found in coral reefs at depths of at least 45 metres (148 ft).[2] Occasionally it will form mixed pairs with the spotband butterflyfish (C. punctatofasciatus),[6] and these species are known to hybridise.[4] Chaetodon pelewensis was first formally described in 1868 by the Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner (1810-1869) with the type locality given as Palau in the Western Pacific, Pelew Inseln in German, in error when the correct type locality is probably the Society Islands.
Conservation statusLeast ConcernIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataActinopterygiiAcanthuriformesChaetodontidaeChaetodonChaetodon (Exornator)Binomial nameSynonymsDe Visray-finned fishbutterflyfishfamilycaudal findorsal finanal fintotal lengthTuamotu ArchipelagoGreat Barrier ReefCoral SeaNew South WalesLord Howe Islandcoral polypsoviparousspotband butterflyfishdescribedAustrianichthyologisttype localityGermanSociety Islandsspecific namesubgenusaquarium tradeIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesFroese, RainerFishBaseEschmeyer, William N.Catalog of FishesCalifornia Academy of SciencesBibcodeWikidataiNaturalistObservation.org