Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:95c032fc-9995-4b51-b69b-71db1d14cb95

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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO

Description

The Ocellate Butterflyfish has a triangular dorsal fin that is mostly yellow. The fish has a white ground colour with five brown to orange bands. The first band, which passes through the eye is orange with black edges. The band that runs below the middle of the

has a dark spot dorsally. There is an oval-shaped mark with a silver

margin on the

.... source: Australian Museum Factsheets

Online resources

Australian Museum Factsheets: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat
Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Images
Reef Life Survey Images: Images, Occurrence record
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author

Species Lists

RLS profile v3: Behaviour: Generally occurs in pairs, which move slowly over the reef within small territories picking at small invertebrates.; Threats: Overharvesting for aquarium trade; Description: Short-snouted butterflyfish with five vertical yellow-brown bars traversing white body, including dark-edged bar through eye and another at rear of body and tail base.; Invasive: Not known to be invasive; IUCN_Threat_status: Least Concern; Common_Name: Ocellate coralfish;Ocellate Butterflyfish; ocellated coralfish; Range: 1738.308; Abundance: 2.333; Frequency: 0.187

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Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Parachaetodon ocellatus	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Platax ocellatus Cuvier, 1831	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1831. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Paris : Levrault Vol. 7 pp. 531 pp. pls 170-208
Chaetodon townleyi De Vis, 1884	Australian Faunal Directory
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
Parachaetodon townleyi (De Vis, 1884)	Australian Faunal Directory
Parachaetodon townleyi (De Vis, 1884)	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Mem. Aust. Mus. Vol. 5 pp. 145–329

Common Names

Common name	Source
Ocellate 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
Eye-spot Butterflyfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Ocellate Coralfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Six-spined Butterfly-fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Six-spined Coralfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Sixspine Butterflyfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Encyclopedia of Life Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
False Batfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Ocellated Butterflyfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Ocellated Coral Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Sixspined Butterflyfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

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Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier, 1831)

Ocellate Butterflyfish