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Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch, 1787)

Vermiculated angelfish
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Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Australia country information

Common names: Verniculate angelfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Only northern-most part of Australia (Ref. 48636). Known Kimberly Islands of Western Australia (Ref. 90102).
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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: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Etymology: Chaetodontoplus: Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, plous, ous, oo = crossing (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

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

marina revassocierade; ej vandrande; djupintervall 1 - 20 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical; 36°N - 12°S, 78°E - 167°E

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