Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 365097 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Chaetodon falcula Bloch, 1795
- 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
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Coastal (0-40m)
- Parent Codes
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37 365905
Chaetodon spp.
- Taxon Notes
- Recorded by Hobbs et al 2014 from Cocos (Keeling) Islands, eastern Indian Ocean (mentioned in text, but accidentally excluded from checklist). Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indian Ocean from East Africa to Indonesia (Sumatra and West Java) in 1-15 m depth (Allen & Erdmann 2012). Also confirmed by iNaturalist image from Cocos-Keeling Island (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50638893).
- Identifiers
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World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218726
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-09-22
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Distribution Map
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View detailed map
Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2022-05-24 - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 1 to 15 m.