WoRMS taxon details
Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier, 1829
273333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273333)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon descussatus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Chaetodon vagabundus jordani Ahl, 1923 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273333 on 2025-05-13
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
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 [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)
Tsang, E. & Milicich, M. (1999) Study on the suitability of South Lamma to be established as marine park. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Indian Vagabond Butterflyfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon decussatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon vagabundus jordani Ahl, 1923)
To FishBase images (Chaetodon decussatus, Christmas I., by Allen, G.R.)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon decussatus FIN027682 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Indian Vagabond Butterflyfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon decussatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon vagabundus jordani Ahl, 1923)
To FishBase images (Chaetodon decussatus, Christmas I., by Allen, G.R.)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon decussatus FIN027682 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
