Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831

Reticulate Butterflyfish

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Name source
Australian Faunal Directory
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LSID
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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:17d5de81-1737-4814-b256-9ef9d3de5f62

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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 reticulatus
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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  • representative image of taxa
    Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
    Image by: J.E. Randall
    Rights: J.E. Randall

Description

The Reticulated Butterflyfish can be recognised by its colouration. The body is black with white scale centres giving it a spotted appearance. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

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Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Chaetodon reticulatus

Common Names

Common name Source
Reticulate Butterflyfish
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Reticulated Butterflyfish
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Black Butterflyfish
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Mailed Butterflyfish
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Mailed Coralfish
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Reticulated Butterfly
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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 reticulatus  Recorded in Australia

Occurrence records

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