WoRMS taxon details
Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903)
279588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279588)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon howensis Waite, 1903 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaetodon howensis Waite, 1903) Waite, E. R. (1903). Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island, No. 3. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 1): 20-45, Pls. 3-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.5.1903.1027 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279588 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetodon howensis Waite, 1903) Waite, E. R. (1903). Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island, No. 3. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 1): 20-45, Pls. 3-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.5.1903.1027 [details]
Ecology
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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon howensis Waite, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphichaetodon howensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon howensis Waite, 1903)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon howensis Waite, 1903)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphichaetodon howensis FIN027644 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphichaetodon howensis FIN027645 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphichaetodon howensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon howensis Waite, 1903)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon howensis Waite, 1903)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphichaetodon howensis FIN027644 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amphichaetodon howensis FIN027645 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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