WoRMS taxon details
Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair, 1867
218750 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218750)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon leucopygus Ahl, 1923 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
Description The species apparently prefers deeper water between 40 and 75 meters, in deep coral rich reefs, oftern near base of slopes...
Description The species apparently prefers deeper water between 40 and 75 meters, in deep coral rich reefs, oftern near base of slopes over coral rubble. Usually solitary or in pairs over open bottoms. Uncommon (Ref. 9710). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218750 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
original description (of Chaetodon leucopygus Ahl, 1923) Ahl, E. (1923). Zur Kenntnis der Knochenfischfamilie Chaetodontidae insbesondere der Unterfamilie Chaetodontinae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte Berlin (N.F.).</em> v. 89 Abt. A, Heft 5: 1-205, Pls. 1-2. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
original description (of Chaetodon leucopygus Ahl, 1923) Ahl, E. (1923). Zur Kenntnis der Knochenfischfamilie Chaetodontidae insbesondere der Unterfamilie Chaetodontinae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte Berlin (N.F.).</em> v. 89 Abt. A, Heft 5: 1-205, Pls. 1-2. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description The species apparently prefers deeper water between 40 and 75 meters, in deep coral rich reefs, oftern near base of slopes over coral rubble. Usually solitary or in pairs over open bottoms. Uncommon (Ref. 9710). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Somali butterflyfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon leucopygus Ahl, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon leucopygus Ahl, 1923)
To FishBase images (Chaetodon leucopleura, Oman, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair in Playfair & Günther, 1867; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3100398)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon leucopleura FIN027704 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon leucopygus Ahl, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon leucopygus Ahl, 1923)
To FishBase images (Chaetodon leucopleura, Oman, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair in Playfair & Günther, 1867; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3100398)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon leucopleura FIN027704 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
