WoRMS taxon details
Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831
218735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218735)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon benetti Cuvier, 1831 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chaetodon binetti Cuvier, 1831 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chaetodon vinctus Lay & Bennett, 1839 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs in areas of rich coral growth (Ref. 1602). Juveniles may be found in shallow @Acropora@...
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs in areas of rich coral growth (Ref. 1602). Juveniles may be found in shallow @Acropora@ thickets (Ref. 1602). Adults occur in pairs at depths of 5 to 30 m (Ref. 1602). Omnivorous. This species is extremely difficult to maintain in an aquarium and is very rarely imported. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218735 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs in areas of rich coral growth (Ref. 1602). Juveniles may be found in shallow @Acropora@ thickets (Ref. 1602). Adults occur in pairs at depths of 5 to 30 m (Ref. 1602). Omnivorous. This species is extremely difficult to maintain in an aquarium and is very rarely imported. [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chaetodon benetti Cuvier, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon vinctus Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Bennett's Butterflyfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon bennetti)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon vinctus Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon benetti Cuvier, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon binetti Cuvier, 1831)
To FishBase images (Chaetodon bennetti, Papua New Guinea, by Patzner, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon bennetti FIN027666 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon bennetti USNM 424122 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chaetodon benetti Cuvier, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon vinctus Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Bennett's Butterflyfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon bennetti)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon vinctus Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon benetti Cuvier, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon binetti Cuvier, 1831)
To FishBase images (Chaetodon bennetti, Papua New Guinea, by Patzner, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon bennetti FIN027666 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon bennetti USNM 424122 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
