Chaetodon plebeius
Taxonomical systematics
Scientific name
Chaetodon (Tetrachaetodon) plebeius Cuvier, 1831
Common names
Blue-dash Butterflyfish, Blue-blotched Butterflyfish, Bluespot Butteflyfish
Subgenus
Tetrachaetodon Weber and de Beaufort, 1936
Genus
Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
Family
Chaetodontidae
Order
Perciformes
Class
Actinopterygii
Phylum
Chordata
Local ecology
Distribution
Tropical Western Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesian Archipelago. (Found in Sydney)
Biological characteristics
Maximum size
15cm TL
Wild foods
Coral Poylps (Acropora) and juveniles have been observed picking ectoparasite off other fish (Allen et al. 1998).
Blue-dash butterflyfish, C. plebius, at Ribbon Reef #10, Great Barrier Reef.
Blue-dash butterflyfish, C. plebius, at Osprey Reef, Coral Sea.
References
Allen G.R., Steene R. and Allen M. 1998. A Guide to Angelfishes & Butterflyfishes. Odyssey Publishing/Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 250pp.
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