Species Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797
Redfin Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, M. 1797. Descriptions of eight new fishes from Sumatra. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 3: 33-38 fig. 1 [34].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1863.11.12.4, Bengkulu Province, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Introduction
This species has been recorded from many areas of Australia, but Kuiter (1995) separated the species into two, with Chaetodon trifasciatus restricted to the Indian Ocean, and with Australian records based on the Pacific species C. lunulatus.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical, Indian
IMCRA
Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
1-20 m.
General References
Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 [12]
Burgess, W.E. 1978. Butterflyfishes of the World. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications Inc. 832 pp. figs. [478] (in part, Indian Ocean material only)
Kuiter, R.H. 1995. Chaetodon lunulatus, a sibling species of C. trifasciatus, with observations on other sibling species of butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae). Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 21(3-4): 105-106 [dated 1994]
Common Name References
Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [134] (Redfin Butterflyfish)
History of changes
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