WoRMS taxon details
Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831
273335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273335)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon garnoti Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted
Chaetodon mulsanti Thiollière, 1857 · unaccepted
Chaetodon principalis Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Rabdophorus rabdophorus ephippium (Cuvier, 1831) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273335 on 2025-04-30
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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]
original description (of Chaetodon mulsanti Thiollière, 1857) Montrouzier, X. (1857). Essai sur le faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Ichthyologie. <em>Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2).</em> v. 8 (1856): 417-504. [details]
original description (of Chaetodon principalis Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 190 [details]
original description (of Chaetodon mulsanti Thiollière, 1857) Montrouzier, X. (1857). Essai sur le faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Ichthyologie. <em>Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2).</em> v. 8 (1856): 417-504. [details]
original description (of Chaetodon principalis Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 190 [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | セグロチョウチョウウオ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon principalis Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Saddled Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Saddled Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Saddled Butterflyfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon ephippium)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon garnoti Lesson, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon mulsanti Thiollière, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon principalis Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Chaetodon ephippium, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon ephippium P02783 transparency)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon ephippium P02786 transparency print)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon principalis Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Saddled Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Saddled Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Saddled Butterflyfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon ephippium)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon garnoti Lesson, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon mulsanti Thiollière, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon principalis Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Chaetodon ephippium, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon ephippium P02783 transparency)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon ephippium P02786 transparency print)
To ITIS
