WoRMS taxon details
Chaetodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1868
273360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273360)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon sanctae helenae Günther, 1868 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Chaetodon sanctaehelena Günther, 1868 · unaccepted
Chaetodon sanctaehelenae uniformis Ahl, 1923 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Chaetodon sanctaehelenae uniformis Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1868 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1868). Report on a collection of fishes made at St. Helena by J. C. Melliss, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868.</em> (pt 2) (art. 4) : 225-228, Pls. 18-19. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chaetodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273360 on 2026-01-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1868). Report on a collection of fishes made at St. Helena by J. C. Melliss, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868.</em> (pt 2) (art. 4) : 225-228, Pls. 18-19. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Saint Helena butterflyfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon sanctaehelenae)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chaetodon sanctaehelena Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon sanctaehelenae uniformis Ahl, 1923)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon sanctaehelenae)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chaetodon sanctaehelena Günther, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon sanctaehelenae uniformis Ahl, 1923)
To FishBase
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
