Chaetodon plebeius
Chaetodon plebeius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Chaetodontidae |
Genus: | Chaetodon |
Subgenus: | Chaetodon (Tetrachaetodon) |
Species: | C. plebeius
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Binomial name | |
Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Chaetodon plebeius, the blueblotch butterflyfish, bluespot butterflyfish, bluedash butterflyfish or grey-blotched butterflyfish, is a species of marine
Description
Chaetodon plebeius has a bright yellow body which is marked with a large horizontal, elongated blue patch on the flanks above the midline. There is a black spot with bluish white margins on the caudal peduncle and a vertical black band which also has bluish white margins running through the eye. The
Distribution
Chaetodon plebeius is found in the western Pacific Ocean and the eastern Indian Ocean. It ranges from Vietnam east to Fiji, north to southern Japan and south to Australia. It is largely absent from Indonesia except from northern Papua.[1] In Australia this species is found from Rottnest Island in Western Australia north to the Dampier Archipelago, it is then found from the northern Great Barrier Reef south as far as Arrawarra Headland near Coffs Harbour in New South Wales. It can also be found on the Coral Sea reefs, Elizabeth Reef, Middleton Reef and Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[4]
Habitat and biology
Chaetodon plebeius is found in a range of coral reef habitats, from lagoon shallows to the outer reef slopes. It can be found as lone individuals or as pairs. The adults are obligate corallivores, feeding mostly on the polyps of corals of the genus
Systematics
Chaetodon plebeius was first formally described in 1831 by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) with the type locality given as “South Seas”.
References
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Chaetodon plebeius" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ a b "Chaetodon plebeius". Saltcorner. Bob Goemans. 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ a b Dianne J. Bray. "Chaetodon plebeius". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chaetodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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- ^ Hsu, Kui-Ching; Chen, Jeng-Ping & Shao, Kwang-Tsao (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of Chaetodon (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae) in the Indo-West Pacific: evolution in geminate species pairs and species groups" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement. 14: 77–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
External links
- Photos of Chaetodon plebeius on Sealife Collection