Chaetodon trifasciatus
©Anne Hoggett: A pair of Chaetodon trifasciatus or C. lunulatus on the reef flat at North Direction Island
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Chaetodontidae
Genus
Chaetodon
Species
Chaetodon trifasciatus
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
Redfin Butterflyfish (species: Chaetodon lunulatus)
FishBase notes that Randall (as a pers. comm. in 1995) considers that Redfin Butterflyfish is found only in the Indian Ocean with Redfin Butterflyfish replacing it in the Pacific. Records of Redfin Butterflyfish from Lizard Island are thus likely to be Redfin Butterflyfish. The species are distinguished by the colour of the caudal peduncle: yellow in Redfin Butterflyfish and white in Redfin Butterflyfish (reference in FishBase, January 2012).
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Other references
- Arnal, C. (2000). Ecologie comportementale de la symbiose poisson nettoyeur/ poisson client: motivations et honnêteté, Ph.D. thesis, University of Perpignan, France. LIRS catalog number 637.
- Bellwood, D.R., S. Klanten, P.F. Cowman, M.S. Pratchett, N. Konow and L. van Herwerden (2009). Evolutionary history of the butterflyfishes (f: Chaetodontidae) and the rise of coral feeding fishes, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, doi 10.1111: j1420-9101200901904x. LIRS catalog number 1348.
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