Chaetodon trichrous

Chaetodon trichrous (Tahiti butterflyfish) is a species of fish in the family Chaetodontidae.In 1984, André and Roland Bauchot Maugé proposed to include this species in a new genus Mesochaetodon.[4] Chaetodon trichrous can reach a length of about 12 centimetres (4.7 in).[2] The back half of the body is dark brown to black, while the front part is grayish, with a small vertical black stripe through the eye.[2][1] This species is endemic to French Polynesia (Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, Tahiti, Tuamotu Archipelago) in the central-south Pacific Ocean.
Illustration of Chaetodon trichrous
Tuamotu ArchipelagoConservation statusLeast ConcernIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataActinopterygiiAcanthuriformesChaetodontidaeChaetodonLepidochaetodonBinomial nameGüntherfamilyFrench PolynesiaMarquesas IslandsSociety IslandsTahitiIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesFroese, RainerFishBaseWayback MachineWikidataiNaturalistObservation.org