Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Chaetodontidae > Chaetodon > Chaetodon ephippiumChaetodon ephippium (blackclothed butterflyfish; Blackblotch butterflyfish; Black-blotched butterfly-fish; Saddle butterflyfish; Saddleback butterflyfish; Saddle-back butterflyfish; Saddled butterflyfish; Saddled coralfish)Synonyms: Chaetodon garnoti; Chaetodon mulsanti; Chaetodon principalis; Rabdophorus rabdophorus ephippium Language: Carolinian; Cebuano; Danish; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; Hawaiian; Ilokano; Japanese; Kagayanen; Kiribati; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Marshallese; Other; Russian; Samoan; Surigaonon; Tagalog; Tahitian; Tuamotuan; Visayan; Waray-waray The Saddle Butterflyfish, Chaetodon ephippium, is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from Sri Lanka and the Cocos-Keeling Islands to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Rowley Shoals and New South Wales in Australia. The Saddle Butterflyfish is found at depths between 0 and 30 m in coral reefs. It feeds on filamentous algae, small invertebrates, coral polyps, and fish eggs. |
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
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