Latticed butterflyfish
| Latticed butterflyfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodon |
| Subgenus: | Chaetodon (Rabdophorus) |
| Species: | C. rafflesii
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
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The latticed butterflyfish (Chaetodon rafflesii), also known as Raffles’ coralfish, is a
Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific
region.
Description
The latticed butterflyfish is mainly yellow butterflyfish which has dark edges to its scales which create a dark lattice pattern on the flanks. There is a vertical black bar running through the eye and it has a blue parch on the forehead. The soft rayed part of the
anal fins has 3 spines and 18-20 soft rays. This species can reach a maximum total length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in), although 15 centimetres (5.9 in) is a more common total length.[2]
Distribution
The latticed butterflyfish is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, where it occurs from
Tuamotu Islands, north to southern Japan, south to the Great Barrier Reef, and from Palau (Belau) to the eastern Caroline Islands in Micronesia.[1]
Habitat and biology
The latticed butterflyfish is an uncommon species found in areas of rich
reef flats and seaward reefs from 1–20 metres (3.3–65.6 ft) depth. It feeds on sea anemones, polychaetes, and octocorallian and scleractinian coral polyps.[2] It is normally observed in pairs.[1]
Systematics
The latticed butterfly fish was first formally
It belongs to the large
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Chaetodon rafflesii" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Dianne J. Bray. "Chaetodon rafflesii". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 28 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 28 December 2020.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 July 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 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 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chaetodon rafflesii.
- Photos of Latticed butterflyfish on Sealife Collection