WoRMS taxon details
Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782)
159703 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159703)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon faber Broussonet, 1782 · unaccepted
Chaetodon plumieri Bloch, 1787 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chaetodon faber Broussonet, 1782) Broussonet, P. M. A. (1782). Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones. <em>Decas I. London.</em> unnum. pages, incl. i-iv., Unnum. Pls. 1-11.
page(s): [27], Pl. [6] [details]
page(s): [27], Pl. [6] [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: New England, Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to southeastern Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul
Distribution Western Atlantic: New England, Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to southeastern Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159703 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetodon faber Broussonet, 1782) Broussonet, P. M. A. (1782). Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones. <em>Decas I. London.</em> unnum. pages, incl. i-iv., Unnum. Pls. 1-11.
page(s): [27], Pl. [6] [details]
original description (of Chaetodon plumieri Bloch, 1787) Bloch, M. E. (1782-95). Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische. 12 volumes. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
page(s): [27], Pl. [6] [details]
original description (of Chaetodon plumieri Bloch, 1787) Bloch, M. E. (1782-95). Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische. 12 volumes. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) Individual release: accidental release by individuals [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: New England, Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to southeastern Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul [details]Habitat benthic [details]
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4786992#page/421/mode/1up (from synonym Chaetodon plumieri Bloch, 1787)
To Barcode of Life (165 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon faber Broussonet, 1782)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodipterus faber)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon faber Broussonet, 1782)
To FishBase images (Chaetodipterus faber, Belize, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (307 nucleotides; 177 proteins)
To GenBank (307 nucleotides; 177 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon faber Broussonet, 1782)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodipterus faber RAD112250-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodipterus faber RAD112250-001)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (165 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon faber Broussonet, 1782)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodipterus faber)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon faber Broussonet, 1782)
To FishBase images (Chaetodipterus faber, Belize, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (307 nucleotides; 177 proteins)
To GenBank (307 nucleotides; 177 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon faber Broussonet, 1782)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodipterus faber RAD112250-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodipterus faber RAD112250-001)
To ITIS
