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Chaetodon mitratus Günther, 1860

218723  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218723)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details] 
Description Not much is known of this deep-dwelling butterfly, but recent observations indicate that it can form small groups of up to...  
Description Not much is known of this deep-dwelling butterfly, but recent observations indicate that it can form small groups of up to 5 individuals and inhabits steep outer reef dropoffs in rubble areas or among growths of black coral and sea fans. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chaetodon mitratus Günther, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218723 on 2025-06-05
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [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] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Not much is known of this deep-dwelling butterfly, but recent observations indicate that it can form small groups of up to 5 individuals and inhabits steep outer reef dropoffs in rubble areas or among growths of black coral and sea fans. [details]
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English Indian butterflyfish  [details]