Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:acd3967f-2b8d-4a37-a74a-5fe26693437f

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 rafflesii
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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: J.E. Randall
Rights: J.E. Randall

Description

The Latticed Butterflyfish is yellow body with black scale edges that form a cross hatched or lattice pattern. There is a black bar through the eye and a black band on the rear of the dorsal fin. The tail is yellow with a black bar. There is sometimes a dark black spot on the dorsal fin. source: OZ Animals

Online resources

Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
OZ Animals: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat, Diet, Reproduction
Reef Life Survey Images: Images, Occurrence record
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author
Wikipedia: Reference, Images

Species Lists

RLS profile v3: IUCN_Threat_status: Least Concern; Diet: Coral polyps; Common_Name: Lattice butterflyfish;Latticed butterflyfish; Description: Yellow butterflyfish with fine cross-hatched lines forming lattice pattern across sides, dark black bar through eye, and black central region of tail.; Behaviour: Generally occurs in pairs, which move slowly over the reef within small territories picking at small invertebrates.; Frequency: 1.234; Threats: Overharvesting for aquarium trade; Invasive: Not known to be invasive; Range: 133.843; Abundance: 2

Images

Chaetodon rafflesii
Image by: J.E. Randall
Licence: CC BY-NC 3.0
Rights: J.E. Randall
Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images

Is this image representative of species? YES | NO

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Chaetodon rafflesii	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Anisochaetodon rafflesii (Bennett, 1830)	Australian Faunal Directory
Anisochaetodon rafflesii (Bennett, 1830)	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department pp. 640 pp.

Common Names

Common name	Source
Lattice Butterflyfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Latticed Butterfly-fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Latticed Coralfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Raffles' Coralfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Latticed Butterflyfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	OZ Animals
Raffle's Butterflyfish 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

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Chaetodon rafflesii Bennett, 1830

Lattice Butterflyfish