Lord Howe Butterflyfish, Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite 1903)


Other Names: Broad-barred Butterflyfish, Lord Howe Coralfish, Lord Howe Island Butterflyfish

A Lord Howe Butterflyfish, Amphichaetodon howensis, at North Head, Lord Howe Island. Source: Graham Edgar / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY Attribution

Summary:
A butterflyfish with five broad black bands on the head, body and tail, body yellowish above fading to silvery below, caudal fin with a broad yellow margin, pelvic fins mostly black with a white spine and anterior rays.

Lord Howe Butterflyfish usually occur on deeper rocky reefs with coral cover, and are rarely seen by divers.

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Dianne J. Bray, Amphichaetodon howensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/420

Lord Howe Butterflyfish, Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite 1903)

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Distribution

Moreton Bay, Queensland, to Montague Island, New South Wales, and at Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Also in northern New Zealand and The Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia.

Inhabits rocky reefs with coral cover in depths of 10-150 m, although rarely seen in shallow waters.

Feeding

Carnivore - feeds on benthic invertebrates.

Species Citation

Chaetodon howensis Waite, Rec. Aust. Mus. 5(1): 33. Type locality: Lord Howe Island.

Author

Dianne J. Bray

Lord Howe Butterflyfish, Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite 1903)

References


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Allen, G.R., Steene, R. & Allen, M. 1998. A Guide to Angelfishes & Butterflyfishes. Cairns : Odyssey Publishing/Tropical Reef Research 250 pp. figs.

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Edgar, G.J. 2008. Australian Marine Life: the plants and animals of temperate waters. Sydney : Reed New Holland 2, 624 pp.

Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2

Francis, M.P., R.V. Grace & C.D. Paulin, 1987. Coastal fishes of the Kermadec Islands. N.Z. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 21(1): 1-13.

Francis, M.P., C.J. Worthington, P. Saul & K.D. Clements. 1999. New and rare tropical and subtropical fishes from northern New Zealand. N.Z. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 33: 571-586.

Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)

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Kulbicki, M., Randall, J.E. & Rivaton, J. 1994. Checklist of the fishes of the Chesterfield Islands (Coral Sea). Micronesica 27(1/2): 1-43.

Lieske, E. & Myers, R. 1994. Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific and Caribbean including the Red Sea. Harper Collins Publishers.

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp.

Pyle, R. 2001. Chaetodontidae, Pomacanthidae. pp. 3224-3286 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.

Pyle, R., Allen, G. & Myers, R. 2010. Amphichaetodon howensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. . Downloaded on 05 March 2014.

Speare, P., Cappo, M., Rees, M., Brownlie, J. & Oxley, W. 2004. Deep water fish and benthic surveys in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters): February 2004. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Sciences 30 pp.

Steene, R.C. 1978. Butterfly and Angelfishes of the World. Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed Vol. 1 144 pp. 216 figs.

Waite, E.R. 1903. Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island. No. 3. Records of the Australian Museum 5(1): 20-45 figs 1-2 pls 3-5

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37365020

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:10-150 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:18 cm SL

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