Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:bee830dd-8f02-4c35-a476-6b878f243e3f

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Chaetodon pelewensis
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Further details

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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: BIO Photography Group, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
Rights: BIO Photography Group, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario

Description

The Dot-and-Dash Butterflyfish has a yellow body with diagonal bands of black spots that become solid lines at the rear of the body. An orange bar with a black margin passes through the eye and the caudal fin base is orange. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

Online resources

Australian Museum Factsheets: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat
Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Video Page Url, Images
Reef Life Survey Images: Images, Occurrence record
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author

Species Lists

RLS profile v3: Threats: Overharvesting for aquarium trade; IUCN_Threat_status: Least Concern; Range: 991.896; Frequency: 1.672; Description: Squarish butterflyfish with apricot body, yellow tail with black trim, orange bar edged with black or grey through eye, prominent orange patch at base of tail, and oblique rows of black spots that merge into stripes on body. Differs from Chaetodon punctatofasciatus in black spots forming oblique rather than vertical stripes.; Common_Name: Dot and dash butterflyfish;Dot-And-Dash butterflyfish; Abundance: 2.5; Invasive: Not known to be invasive; Behaviour: Generally occurs in pairs, which move slowly over the reef within small territories picking at small invertebrates.

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Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Chaetodon pelewensis	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Chaetodon germanus De Vis, 1884	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: De Vis, C.W. 1884. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 2. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 1 Vol. 9 (3) pp. 453-462

Common Names

Common name	Source
Dot And Dash Butterflyfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Sunset Butterflyfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Encyclopedia of Life Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Dot-and-dash Butterfly-fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Dot-and-dash Coralfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

Desktop version

Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish