Species Chaetodon assarius Waite, 1905
Western Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon assarius Waite, E.R. 1905. Notes on fishes from Western Australia. No. 3. Records of the Australian Museum 6(2): 55-82 fig. 23 pls 8-17 [66].
Type data:
Holotype WAM P.13255, between Fremantle and Houtman Abrolhos, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
SE of Israelite Bay (34°23'S, 124°12'E) to Exmouth Gulf (22°05'S) and Northwest Shelf, WA; tropical, temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southern Province (8)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral reef, inshore, marine, rock reef.
Extra Ecological Information
Usually on reefs, but sometimes trawled, 1 to over 200 m.
General References
Allen, G.R. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Chaetodontidae. pp. 608-609 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [608]
Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Chaetodontidae. pp. 625-627, figs 550-551 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [625]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [244]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [47] (1311)
Common Name References
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [625] (Western Butterflyfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Western Butterflyfish)
History of changes
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30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |