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Chaetodon larvatus Cuvier, 1831 
AphiaID: 218716

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 karraf Cuvier, 1831
 Gonochaetodon larvatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English hooded butterflyfish  [details]
English orangeface butterflyfish (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Red Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Usually seen in pairs, frequently in association with platelike heads of @Acropora@ coral. Feeds mainly on coral polyps. (Ref. 4858). [details]
Images 
Chaetodon larvatus
Chaetodon larvatus
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Gonochaetodon larvatus
[image from synonym]
Gonochaetodon larvatus
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218716
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-17 06:27:10Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Chaetodon larvatus Cuvier, 1831. 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=218716 on 2013-05-20
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