Cream to pale yellow body with dark spots forming vague vertical lines, white tail base with black bar, unlike C. citrinellus (Citron Butterflyfish). Distinguished from C. pelewensis by location (latter a Pacific Ocean species), and from C. punctatofasciatus by lacking yellow tail base and having black rather than yellow stripe through eye. An Indian Ocean species; in Australia only found at Christmas Island.

• Max Size: 12 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 25.4-33.0°C
• Depth: 3-30m
• Habitat: Coral Reef
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 4.8
  Also referred to as the SGI (Species generalisation index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here

• Threats: Exploitation, Habitat degradation
• IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
• Occurrence: Widespread (83% of sites)
  Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
• Abundance: Few (3 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.