CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Perciformes (order)  »  Chaetodontidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 365092 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Chaetodon madagaskariensis   Ahl, 1923
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 365 Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes) - show full list Standard Name: [a butterflyfish] Organism Type: a butterflyfish Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 365905     Chaetodon spp.

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-05-24. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 10 to 150 m.

Taxon 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 Chaetodon mertensii.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7d5319db-a486-429f-b2ba-2249c44da9a0 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 4833 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218731 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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