Chaetodon nigropunctatus

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Chaetodon nigropunctatus
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juvenile
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Chaetodon
Subgenus: Chaetodon (Rabdophorus)
Species:
C. nigropunctatus
Binomial name
Chaetodon nigropunctatus
Sauvage, 1880
Synonyms [3]
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Iran

Chaetodon nigropunctatus, the black-spotted butterflyfish, is a species off marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish, belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the north western Indian Ocean.

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Description

Chaetodon nigropunctatus has a whitish mouth set in a grey face, the colour of the body is greyish white and it is marked with many longitudinal rows of dark grey spots. The tail is black with a white margin. [4] The dorsal fin has 13 spines and 21-23 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 18-20 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in). [3]

Distribution

Chaetodon nigropunctatus is found in the northwestern Indian Ocean. It occurs in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea coast of the Arabian Peninsula. [1]

Habitat and biology

Chaetodon nigropunctatus occurs at depths between 1 and 40 metres (3.3 and 131.2 ft), [1] inhabiting coral reefs where they occur in pairs. They are thought to feed mainly on coral polyps. [3] it occurs over reefs, either of coral or rock, and sometime in Sandy lagoon areas. [1]

Systematics

Chaetodon nigropunctatus was first formally described in 1880 by the French paleontologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist Henri Émile Sauvage (1842-1917) with the type locality was given as Oman. [5] It belongs to the large subgenus Rabdophorus which might warrant recognition as a distinct genus. [6]

Utilsation

Chaetodon nigropunctatus is rare in the aquarium trade. [1] However, it is a difficult species to keep in captivity due to its specialised diet of live coral polyps. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Allen, G.R.; Myers, R.F. (2010). "Chaetodon nigropunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T165696A6094656. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165696A6094656.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Feary, D.; Motomura, H.; Matsuura, K. (2015). "Chaetodon nigropunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T165696A57088171. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Chaetodon nigropunctatus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  4. 1 2 "Chaetodon nigropunctatus". Saltcorner. Bob Goemans. 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chaetodon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. ↑ Fessler, Jennifer L.; Westneat, Mark W (2007). "Molecular phylogenetics of the butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae): Taxonomy and biogeography of a global coral reef fish family". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (1): 50–68. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.018. PMID   17625921.
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