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Chaetodontidae
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The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. The approximately 129 species in 12 genera are found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A number of species pairs occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, members of the huge genus Chaetodon.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Chaetodontidae is referenced by 279 other articles, and connects out to synonym, operculum and Catalog of Fishes.
It sits within the topics Chaetodontidae, Extant Rupelian first appearances and Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
butterflyfishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyChaetodontidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 420
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, TCWC, USNM, MCZ, CAS, SIO
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Philippines, United States, Comoros, Australia, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Bep chaetodon auriga pemba.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chaetodontidae
- taxon name
- Chaetodontidae
- start time
- 72000000-0
- taxon common name
- skjellfinnefiskfamilien
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description and ecology
- Taxonomy, systematics and evolution
- Fossil record
- Genera
- Timeline
- Gallery
- Further reading
- References
The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. The approximately 129 species in 12 genera are found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A number of species pairs occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, members of the huge genus Chaetodon.
Butterflyfish look like smaller versions of angelfish (Pomacanthidae), but unlike these, lack preopercle spines at the gill covers. Some members of the genus Heniochus resemble the Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) of the monotypic Zanclidae. All three families belong to the order Acanthuriformes and share a similar habitat.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chaetodontidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.