{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Ahl, 1923","RecordModifiedOn":"2012-07-25","CAAB_code":"37365092","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Known in Australia from Christmas Island & Cocos-Keeling Islands (e.g. see Allen et al 2007: 131 - Fishes of Christmas Island; Allen & Erdmann 2012: 525 - Reef Fishes of the East Indies). Randall (2005) noted that the species is sometimes regarded as a colour variety of <i>Chaetodon mertensii</i>.","habitat":"Coastal (0-40m)<br>Shelf Demersal (40-200m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"","Parent_Id":37365905,"scientificName":"Chaetodon madagaskariensis","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Perciformes","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"","vernacularName":"[a butterflyfish]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2012-07-25","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218731","family":"Chaetodontidae","standardName":"","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7d5319db-a486-429f-b2ba-2249c44da9a0","CAAB_status":"Valid"}