Rainford's Butterflyfish (species: Chaetodon rainfordi) in Frankland Island Group, QLD (Gaia Guide)
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Chaetodon rainfordi
Rainford's Butterflyfish


©Geoffrey: At Lady Elliot Island

©Mark Shepherd: Rainford's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon rainfordi)

©Lovell Langstroth and Libby Langstroth: Rainford's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon rainfordi) in the foreground

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

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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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.
  • 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.