Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Chaetodontidae > Chaetodon > Chaetodon trifasciatus

Chaetodon trifasciatus (Lineated butterflyfish; Melon butterflyfish; Pinstriped butterflyfish; Purple butterflyfish; Rainbow butterflyfish; Redfin butterfly fish; Redfin butterflyfish; Red-fin butterflyfish; Three banded coralfish; Three-banded butterfly; Three-banded coralfish; Indian redfin butterflyfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Melon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifasciatus) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Indian Ocean from East Africa to Western Java. This is one species of a closely related group which includes the Black-tailed Butterflyfish (C. austriacus) of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and the Oval Butterflyfish (C. lunulatus) which is found in the western Pacific, from eastern coasts of the Indonesian islands to Australia.
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Infraspecies

Chaetodon trifasciatus var. arabica
Chaetodon trifasciatus var. trifasciatus

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    

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Paradiscogaster flindersi[1]
Symmetrovesicula chaetodontis[1]

External References

Citations

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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