Dot Dash Butterflyfish (species: Chaetodon pelewensis) in Cook Islands (Gaia Guide)
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Chaetodon pelewensis
Dot Dash Butterflyfish


©Lyle: Chaetodon pelewensis at No Name Reef near Lizard Island

©John E. Randall: Dot Dash Butterflyfish (Chaetodon pelewensis)

©David Rolla: Dot Dash Butterflyfish (Chaetodon pelewensis)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Chaetodontidae
Genus Chaetodon
Species Chaetodon pelewensis

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Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

Dark diagonal bands on yellow back becoming spots towards the belly and head. Orange bar through eye and orange patch at tail base. Black spot at nape. Often in pairs. 

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

It can be found in marine environments.

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References

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
  • Berumen, M.L., M.S. Pratchett and M.I. McCormick (2005). Within-reef differences in diet and body condition of coral-feeding butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae), Marine Ecology Progress Series, 287: 217-227. LIRS catalog number 1019.
  • Diaz, P.E., R.A. Bray and T.H. Cribb (2013). Paradiscogaster flindersi and P. oxleyi n. sp. (Digenea: Faustulidae): overlapping host and geographical distributions in corallivore chaetodontid fishes in the tropical Indo-west Pacific. Systematic Parasitology, 86: 87-99. LIRS catalog number 1723.
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