Triangular Butterflyfish, Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier 1831
Other Names: Baroness Butterflyfish, Baronessa Butterflyfish, Eastern Triangle Butterflyfish , Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish, Herringbone Coralfish, Pacific Triangular Butterflyfish, Triangular Coralfish
A Triangular Butterflyfish, Chaetodon baronessa, at Lomaiviti, Fiji. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A dark greyish butterflyfish with darker chevron markings on the side, a birght yellow head with three reddish-brown bar including one on the snout, and a bright yellow submarginal band on the tail.
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Dianne J. Bray, Chaetodon baronessa in Fishes of Australia, accessed 26 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2376
Triangular Butterflyfish, Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier 1831
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Distribution |
Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef , Western Australia, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef to Moreton Bay, Queensland; also Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. the species occurs elsewhere in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits shallow reefs, often around Acropora plate corals. |
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Feeding |
An obligate corallivore - feeds on coral polyps. |
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Fisheries |
Although occasionally collected for the aquarium trade, the Triangular Butterflyfish is difficult to maintain in captivity due to its diet of live corals. |
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Conservation |
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Species Citation |
Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier, 1831, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 7: 45. Type locality: unknown. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Triangular Butterflyfish, Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier 1831
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