Sunburst butterflyfish
| Sunburst butterflyfish | |
|---|---|
| Western color morph at Pemba Island (Tanzania) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodon |
| Subgenus: | Lepidochaetodon |
| Species: | C. kleinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 | |
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The sunburst butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii), also known as the black-lipped butterflyfish, "blacklip butterflyfish" or Klein's butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. This is an Indo-Pacific species of reef habitats.