WoRMS taxon details

Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)

218733  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218733)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pomacentrus lunula Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 507, 511 [details] 
Description A nocturnal species that is usually in pairs or small groups in shallow reef flats of lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of...  
Description A nocturnal species that is usually in pairs or small groups in shallow reef flats of lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of over 30 m; juveniles occurs among rocks of inner reef flats and in tidepools. Feeds mainly on nudibranchs, tubeworm tentacles, and other benthic invertebrates, also feeds on algae and coral polyps. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218733 on 2024-11-21
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description (of Chaetodon biocellatus Cuvier, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 62 [details] 

original description (of Pomacentrus lunula Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 507, 511 [details] 

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade) [details]

Unreviewed
Description A nocturnal species that is usually in pairs or small groups in shallow reef flats of lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of over 30 m; juveniles occurs among rocks of inner reef flats and in tidepools. Feeds mainly on nudibranchs, tubeworm tentacles, and other benthic invertebrates, also feeds on algae and coral polyps. [details]
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English raccoon butterflyfish  [details]
Japanese チョウハン  [details]