Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Chaetodontidae > Chaetodon > Chaetodon ulietensis

Chaetodon ulietensis (Doublesaddle butterflyfish; Pacific doublesaddle butterflyfish; Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish; Pacific double-saddled butterflyfish; Pacific doublesaddled coralfish; Saddleback butterfly; Sickle butterflyfish; Ovalspot butterflyfish; Double-saddle butterflyfish)

Synonyms: Chaetodon aurora; Chaetodon ulientensis; Chaetodon ulietensis confluens; Rabdophorus oxychaetodon ulietensis
Language: Cebuano; Danish; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; Gela; Ilokano; Japanese; Kagayanen; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Samoan; Tagalog; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

The Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish or False Furcula Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ulietensis), is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It flourishes in coral-rich environments in the central Indo-Pacific region. Their range extends from the Cocos-Keeling Islands to the Tuamotu Islands, and north to Japan. They are usually found from the surface to 20 m depths, and like shallow channels with high current.
View Wikipedia Record: Chaetodon ulietensis

Infraspecies

Chaetodon ulietensis var. confluens
Chaetodon ulietensis var. ulietensis

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    
Ranong   Thailand      

Prey / Diet

Pocillopora damicornis (Brush coral)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

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
♦ 2Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 3Gibson, 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