WoRMS taxon details
Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867
273368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273368)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon zanzibariensis Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273368 on 2026-01-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [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 | Zanzibar butterflyfish [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chaetodon zanzibariensis Playfair, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Zanzibar Butterflyfish) (from synonym Chaetodon zanzibariensis Playfair, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon zanzibarensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon zanzibariensis Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon zanzibariensis Playfair, 1867)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon zanzibarensis FIN027778 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chaetodon zanzibariensis Playfair, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Zanzibar Butterflyfish) (from synonym Chaetodon zanzibariensis Playfair, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon zanzibarensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon zanzibariensis Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon zanzibariensis Playfair, 1867)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon zanzibarensis FIN027778 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
Hosted externally
