WoRMS taxon details
Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch, 1787
AphiaID: 159662
AphiaID: 159662
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Chaetodon (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chaetodon bimaculatus Bloch, 1790 Sarothrodus amplecticollis Poey, 1868 Sarothrodus ataeniatus Poey, 1868 Sarothrodus maculocinctus Gill, 1861 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus atromaculatus Wilson C.B., 1913 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 20 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on coral polyps, other invertebrates and ectoparasites [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: 43.35°N to Florida, USA to Brazil; also Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, including Antilles [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Inhabits shallow, coral reefs with clear water. [details] Importance: Social- aquarium fish [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159662 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch, 1787. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159662 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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