Australia country information

Common names: Line butterflyfish, Lined butterflyfish, New-moon coral-fish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea, including Lord Howe Island (Ref. 2334). Reported from the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Ref. 75154). Also Ref. 1602, 4859, 33390.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Johnson, J.W., 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Lined butterfly, New-moon coralfish, Spot-nape butterflyfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes)
Etymology: Chaetodon: Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 171 m (Ref. 1602). Tropical; 30°N - 28°S

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Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology