WoRMS taxon details

Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot, 1863

218751  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218751)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Guichenot, A. (1863). Faune ichthyologique. In: L. Maillard, Notes sur l'ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). <em>Paris. 2nd Partie.</em> Annexe C.: C1-C32. [details]   
Description Found in coral rich areas of shallow coastal reefs. Occasionally in aggregations. Feeds exclusively on coral polyps (Ref....  
Description Found in coral rich areas of shallow coastal reefs. Occasionally in aggregations. Feeds exclusively on coral polyps (Ref. 9710). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218751 on 2024-04-23
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description Guichenot, A. (1863). Faune ichthyologique. In: L. Maillard, Notes sur l'ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). <em>Paris. 2nd Partie.</em> Annexe C.: C1-C32. [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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Found in coral rich areas of shallow coastal reefs. Occasionally in aggregations. Feeds exclusively on coral polyps (Ref. 9710). [details]
LanguageName 
English Arabian butterflyfish  [details]