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Chaetodon plebeius
Chaetodon plebeius |
Taxonomical systematics |
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Scientific name |
Chaetodon (Tetrachaetodon) plebeius Cuvier, 1831 |
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Common names |
Blue-dash Butterflyfish, Blue-blotched Butterflyfish, Bluespot Butteflyfish |
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Subgenus |
Tetrachaetodon Weber and de Beaufort, 1936 |
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Genus |
Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Family |
Chaetodontidae |
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Order |
Perciformes |
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Class |
Actinopterygii |
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Phylum |
Chordata |
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Local ecology |
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Distribution |
Tropical Western Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesian Archipelago. (Found in Sydney) |
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Biological characteristics |
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Maximum size |
15cm TL |
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Wild foods |
Coral Poylps (Acropora) and juveniles have been observed picking ectoparasite off other fish (Allen et al. 1998). |
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Blue-dash butterflyfish, C. plebius, at Ribbon Reef #10, Great Barrier Reef. |
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Blue-dash butterflyfish, C. plebius, at Osprey Reef, Coral Sea. |
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References |
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Allen G.R., Steene R. and Allen M. 1998. A Guide to Angelfishes & Butterflyfishes. Odyssey Publishing/Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 250pp. |
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Links |
FishBase |
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