Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:728049cc-61af-4a3c-b05e-e0f96b59508a

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

RDF

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Further details

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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

Occurrence records map

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

Description

The Pyramid Butterflyfish can be recognised by its colouration. It has a brown to black head. The dorsal and anal fins are yellow. There is a large white pyramid-shaped area on the side of the body. The caudal fin is white. 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
OZ Animals
Reef Life Survey Images: Images, Occurrence record
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author
Wikipedia: Images

Images

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Hemitaurichthys polylepis	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Chaetodon polylepis Bleeker, 1857	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Bleeker, P. 1857. Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. Acta Soc. Sci. Indo-Neerl. Vol. 2 pp. 1-102

Common Names

Common name	Source
Pyramid Butterflyfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia Encyclopedia of Life OZ Animals Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Brushytoothed Butterflyfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Pyramid Butterfly Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Shy 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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Charts showing breakdown of 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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Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Bleeker, 1857)

Pyramid Butterflyfish