Spotbanded Butterflyfish, Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier 1831

Other Names: Dot And Dash Butterflyfish, Spot-banded Butterflyfish

A Spotbanded Butterflyfish, Chaetodon punctatofasciatus, on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, July 2015. Source: John Turnbull / Flickr. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A yellowish to yellowish-tan butterflyfish with 7 greyish bands on the upper sides that break up into rows of dark spots on the lower sides, a black spot on the forehead and an orange bar through the eye.

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Chaetodon punctatofasciatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2395

Spotbanded Butterflyfish, Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier 1831

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Distribution	Ningaloo Reef to offshore reefs of north Western Australia, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland; also Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. Inhabits outer reef slopes at depths to 45 m - commonly in coral rich areas of clear lagoons and seaward reefs.
Feeding	Omnivore - feeds on filamentous algae, coral polyps and benthic invertebrates.
Remarks	Occasionally hybridises with Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish, Chaetodon pelewensis, in the southern part of its range.
Species Citation	Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier, 1831, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons 7: 28 (as Chaetodon punctato-fasciatus). Type locality: unknown.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2021
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Spotbanded Butterflyfish, Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier 1831

References

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Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1831. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 7 531 pp. pls 170-208. (as Chaetodon punctato-fasciatus)

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