Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Chaetodontidae > Chaetodon > Chaetodon ornatissimus

Chaetodon ornatissimus (ornated butterflyfish; Clown butterflyfish; Ornate butterfly; Ornate butterflyfish; Ornate coralfish; Butterflyfish)

Synonyms: Chaetodon lydiae; Chaetodon ornatissimus kaupi; Chaetodon ornatus; Citharoedus ornatissimus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Ornate Butterflyfish, Chaetodon ornatissimus, is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). The Ornate Butterflyfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area. The Coral hind is a small size fish and can reach a maximum size of 20 cm length . It is found in depths down to 36 m.
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Infraspecies

Chaetodon ornatissimus var. kaupi
Chaetodon ornatissimus var. ornatissimus

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    
Ranong   Thailand      

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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.
♦ 2Gibson, 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