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Chaetodon striatus (School mistress; Portugese butterfly; Butterflyfish; Butterbun; Banded mariposa; Banded butterflyfish)

Synonyms: Anisochaetodon trivirgatus; Chaetodon consuelae; Chaetodon striatus albipinnis; Chaetodon striatus dorsimacula
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Wikipedia Abstract

The banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus) is a butterflyfish found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Bermuda. Common names include the banded butterflyfish, the butterbun, the butterflyfish, the Portuguese butterfly, the school mistress and the banded mariposa. The name is derived from the dark vertical bands on the fish's body. This, combined with a vertical, black bar through the eye, is an antipredator adaptation, the bands disrupting the body's outlines.
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Infraspecies

Chaetodon striatus var. albipinnis
Chaetodon striatus var. dorsimacula
Chaetodon striatus var. striatus

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Predators

Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark)[1]
Cephalopholis cruentata (Grouper)[1]
Rhizoprionodon porosus (Snook shark)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Multitestoides chaetodoni[4]
Neobenedenia melleni[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Impact of coral predators on tropical reefs, Randi D. Rotjan, Sara M. Lewis, Mar Ecol Prog Ser 367: 73–91, 2008
♦ 3Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0