WoRMS taxon details
Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787
218753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218753)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901 · unaccepted
Heterochaetodon lepidochaetodon unimaculatus (Bloch, 1787) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
- Subspecies Chaetodon unimaculatus interruptus Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon interruptus Ahl, 1923
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bloch, M. E. (1787). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 3: i-xii + 1-146. Pls. 181-216. [details]
Description Occurs in small groups in reef flats, clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on soft and hard corals, also on polychaetes,...
Description Occurs in small groups in reef flats, clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on soft and hard corals, also on polychaetes, small crustaceans, and filamentous algae. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218753 on 2026-02-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Bloch, M. E. (1787). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 3: i-xii + 1-146. Pls. 181-216. [details]
original description (of Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901) Jenkins, O. P. (1901). Descriptions of fifteen new species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> 19 (1899): 387-404. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901) Jenkins, O. P. (1901). Descriptions of fifteen new species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> 19 (1899): 387-404. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in small groups in reef flats, clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Feeds on soft and hard corals, also on polychaetes, small crustaceans, and filamentous algae. [details]
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Teardrop Butterflyfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon unimaculatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon sphenosphilus P02843 illustration) (from synonym Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon unimaculatus USNM 424789 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon unimaculatus USNM 439661 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Teardrop Butterflyfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon unimaculatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To FishSounds
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon sphenosphilus P02843 illustration) (from synonym Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon unimaculatus USNM 424789 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon unimaculatus USNM 439661 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
