Chaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831
Doublesaddle Butterflyfish
- Species presence
- Recorded In Australia
- Marine Habitats
Occurrence records map
Description
These fish can reach a size of 15 cm (5.9 in). They are white with vertical thin black lines down the body and two dark saddles saddles on the fore and hind back, which softly grade into the background color bellywards gradient. Immediately after the hind quarter saddle, the body and tail is bright yellow with a black spot on the caudal peduncle . ... source: Wikipedia
The Doublesaddle Butterflyfish is white with thin vertical lines and two dark bands on the body. The posterior part of the body and the dorsal, anal and caudal fins are yellow. There is a black bar through the eye and a black spot on the caudal peduncle. source: Australian Museum Factsheets
The Double-saddle Butterflyfish is white with two broad dark grey to black saddle-shaped bands on the body. As well as the markings the body has more than a dozen very thin vertical black lines. The rear part of the body, dorsal fin, anal fin and tail are yellow. There is a black bar through the eye and a black spot on the tail stem.... source: OZ Animals
Online resources
- Australian Museum Factsheets
- Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat
- Australian National Fish Collection Images
- Authoritative image
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Description, Video Page Url, Images
- OZ Animals
- Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat, Diet, Reproduction
- Reef Life Survey Images
- Images, Occurrence record
- Seafood Services Australia
- CAAB Code, Author
- Wikipedia
- Description, Ecology, Reference, Images
Species Lists
- RLS profile v3
- Threats: Overharvesting for aquarium trade
- Common_Name: Doublesaddle Butterflyfish;Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish
- Invasive: Not known to be invasive
- Abundance: 1.285
- Frequency: 0.585
- IUCN_Threat_status: Least Concern
- Behaviour: Generally occurs in pairs, which move slowly over the reef within small territories picking at small invertebrates.
- Description: One of three butterflyfishes with thin parallel bars extending vertically on white body, prominent snout, black bar through eye, and large black patch in upper part of yellow rear body and fins. Distinguished from Chaetodon ulietensis and Chaetodon oxycephalus in possessing a second dark patch on upper body, and black spot rather than large stripe at base of tail.
- Diet: Coral polyps
- Range: 749.108
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Names and sources
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Chaetodon ulietensis |
Synonyms
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Chaetodon aurora De Vis, 1884 | |
| Chaetodon aurora De Vis, 1884 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Doublesaddle Butterflyfish | |
| Double-saddle Butterflyfish | |
| Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish | |
| Double-saddled Butterflyfish | |
| Pacific Double-saddled Butterflyfish | |
| Pacific Doublesaddle Butterflyfish | |
| Pacific Doublesaddled Coralfish | |
| Saddleback Butterfly | |
| Sickle Butterflyfish |
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 ulietensis
Occurrence records
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