Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Chaetodontidae > Parachaetodon > Parachaetodon ocellatus

Parachaetodon ocellatus (sixspined butterflyfish; Six-spined coralfish; Six-spined butterfly-fish; Sixspine butterflyfish; Ocellated coral; Ocellated butterflyfish; Ocellate coralfish; Ocellate butterflyfish; Imperial angelfish; False batfish; Eye-spot butterflyfish; Butterflyfish; Four-banded butterfly fish; Ocellated coral fish)

Synonyms: Chaetodon oligacanthus; Chaetodon townleyi; Parachaetodon osceillatus; Platax ocellatus
Language: Bikol; Cebuano; Danish; Davawenyo; Japanese; Kagayanen; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Numee; Swedish; Tagalog; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

Parachaetodon ocellatus, the Sixspine butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish native to tropical reefs of the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL. It can be found in the aquarium trade.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Gateway National Recreation Area V 1807 New Jersey, United States
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Euryakaina manilensis[1]
Hurleytrema malabonense[1]
Neohypocreadium dorsoporum[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, 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