Home > Fishes > Butterflyfishes > Chaetodon citrinellus

Updated 11/13/2022

Family Chaetodontidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Chaetodon citrinellus



Sand Island, Oahu, 10 feet

Utulei, American Samoa, 15 feet

 

Juvenile, Kahuwai Bay, Hawaii, 7 feet




Left, & C. miliaris (R), Kahala, Oahu, 4 feet


Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 15 feet



Savusavu Bay, Fiji, 6 feet


Kahe Point, Oahu, 15 feet
   

CITRON or LEMON BUTTERFLYFISH    Goma-chochouo

Common alone or in small groups on shallow algae-dominated reefs but extremely rare in Hawai'i.  Blue dots in diagonal rows, and distinctive black & white border on anal fin.  A skittish species that feeds upon benthic invertebrates, coral polyps, and filamentous algae.  Attains 5 inches.  East Africa to Japan, Hawai'i, and the Marquesas.