Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Chaetodontidae > Chaetodon > Chaetodon melannotus

Chaetodon melannotus (Blackback butterflyfish; Black-back butterflyfish; Black-backed butterfly fish; Blackbacked butterflyfish; Black-backed butterflyfish; Black-backed coralfish; Butterflyfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The black-backed butterflyfish or blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is widespread through the Indo-Pacific area from the Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, to southern Japan and throughout Micronesia. This fish grows up to 18 cm (c. 7 in) long, and may live for up to 20 years. When observed at night or when frightened, this species changes color; the dorsal portion of the body turns black except for two white patches.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Chaetodon aureofasciatus (goldstriped butterflyfish)1
Chaetodon rafflesii (Lattice butterflyfish)1
Chaetodon rainfordi (Northern butterflyfish)1
Chaetodon trifascialis (rightangled butterflyfish)1

Predators

Fistularia commersonii (Bluespotted cornetfish)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aponurus chelebesoi[4]
Hurleytrematoides prevoti[4]
Neohypocreadium dorsoporum[4]
Paradiscogaster yamagutii[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1DIETARY SELECTION BY CORAL-FEEDING BUTTERFLYFISHES (CHAETODONTIDAE) ON THE GREAT BARRIER REEF, AUSTRALIA, Morgan S. Pratchett, THE RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 2007 Supplement No. 14: 171-176
♦ 2Food preferences of the Butterflyfish Chaetodon melannotus on the Reef Flat in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Magdy A. Alwany, Michael Stachowitsch, Mahmoud H. Hanafy and Ali A.F.A. Gab-Alla, Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 2 (1): 38-46, 2007
♦ 3Jorrit 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.
♦ 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