Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923

Rainford's Butterflyfish

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:393b0816-717b-4d84-87a4-350ae97453f5

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WMS

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Chaetodon rainfordi
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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

Rainford's Butterflyfish can be recognised by its colouration. The fish is yellow with a dark-margined orange bar though the eye and a narrower orange bar through the pectoral base. There are two blue-grey bands with yellow-orange margins on the body. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

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Species Lists

RLS profile v3
Invasive: Not known to be invasive
Threats: Overharvesting for aquarium trade
Description: Rounded yellow butterflyfish with two prominent grey/blue bars bordered in orange across sides of body, and alternating blue and orange bars across head.
Range: 510.313
Behaviour: Generally occurs in pairs, which move slowly over the reef within small territories picking at small invertebrates.
Common_Name: Rainfords Butterflyfish;Rainford's butterflyfish
Frequency: 2.300
Abundance: 1.909
IUCN_Threat_status: Near Threatened

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Chaetodon rainfordi

Common Names

Common name Source
Rainford's Butterflyfish
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Northern Butterfly-fish
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Rainford's Butterfly-fish
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Rainford's Coralfish
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
PERCOIDEI
family
CHAETODONTIDAE
genus
Chaetodon
species
Chaetodon rainfordi  Recorded in Australia

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