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Chaetodon speculum (Mirror butterflyfish; Onespot butterflyfish; Ovalspot butterflyfish; Oval-spot butterflyfish; Ovalspot coralfish; Oval-spot coralfish; Oval-spotted coralfish; Butterflyfish; coralfish)

Synonyms: Chaetodon ocellifer; Chaetodon spilopleura; Nalbantius speculum
Language: Cebuano; Danish; Davawenyo; Fijian; German; Ilokano; Japanese; Kagayanen; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Other; Tagalog; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mirror Butterflyfish, Chaetodon speculum, is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia to Japan and south to the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea. The species has also been reported from Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. It grows to a maximum of 18 cm (7 in) in length. The body color is a bright to orange-yellow with a big black blotch below the dorsal fin and a vertical black bar running through the eye.
View Wikipedia Record: Chaetodon speculum

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Paradiscogaster eniwetokensis[1]
Paradiscogaster glebulae[1]
Symmetrovesicula chaetodontis[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