Eastern Triangle Butterflyfish (species: Chaetodon baronessa) in Frankland Island Group, QLD (Gaia Guide)
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Chaetodon baronessa
Eastern Triangle Butterflyfish


©Dennis Polack: Eastern Triangle Butterflyfish (Chaetodon baronessa)

©Mark Shepherd: Triangular Butterflyfish at Lizard Island

©David Witherall and Jasmin Seale: Eastern Triangle Butterflyfish (Chaetodon baronessa), Upolu Reef

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

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 16 cm (Total Length)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

The Eastern Triangle Butterflyfish is found in seaward and lagoon coral reefs (FishBase).

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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.
  • Pratchett, M.S. and M.L. Berumen (2008). Interspecific variation in distributions and diets of coral reef butterflyfishes (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae), Journal of Fish Biology, 73: 1730-1747. LIRS catalog number 1205.
  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.