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Chaetodon is a tropical fish genus in the family Chaetodontidae. Like their relatives, they are known as "butterflyfish". Like their relatives, they are known as "butterflyfish". This genus is by far the largest among the Chaetodontidae, with about 90 living species included here, [ 1 ] though most might warrant recognition as distinct genera.
Chaetodon lydiae Curtiss, 1938. The ornate butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus), or clown butterflyfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish in the family Chaetodontidae. The ornate butterflyfish is a close relative of the mailed butterflyfish (C. reticulatus) and the scrawled butterflyfish (C. meyeri). [3]
The approximately 129 species in 12 genera [2] are found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A number of species pairs occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, members of the huge genus Chaetodon. Butterflyfish look like smaller versions of angelfish (Pomacanthidae), but unlike these, lack preopercle spines at the ...
The foureye butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) is a butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is alternatively called the four-eyed butterflyfish. This species is found in the Western Atlantic from Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to the West Indies and northern South America. [2] Chaetodon capistratus is the type species of Chaetodon. [3]
Chaetodon tallii Bleeker, 1854. The lined butterflyfish (Chaetodon lineolatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish. a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae, one of the largest species in the genus Chaetodon. [3] It has a wide range from the Red Sea to South Africa and as far east as southern Japan and Hawaii.
Chaetodon collare duplicicollis Ahl, 1923 Chaetodon fowleri Klausewitz , 1955 The red-tailed butterflyfish ( Chaetodon collare ), also known as the brown butterflyfish , Pakistani butterflyfish or redtail butterflyfish , is a species of marine ray-finned fish , a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae .
The teardrop butterflyfish has a whitish body with yellow dorsal, anal and pelvic fins, [3] this yellow colour extends on to the back. [4] The upper flank is marked with a large teardrop shaped black blotch and there is a wide, black, vertical bar though the eye. There are delicate yellowish-orange chevrons on the flanks in front of the black ...
The oval butterflyfish ( Chaetodon lunulatus ), red-finned butterflyfish or redfin butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Pacific Ocean from Eastern Indonesia to the Hawaiian islands. This is one species of a closely related group which includes the blacktail ...