Chaetodon

Life

Pisces

Actinopterygii

Perciformes

Chaetodontidae

Tetragonopterinae

Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758: Nesochaetodon Maug© & Bauchot, 1984; (synonym)
Nalbantius Maug© & Bauchot, 1984; (synonym)
Loa Jordan, 1921; (preoccupied)
Paracanthochaetodon Schmidt & Lindberg, 1930; (synonym)
Osteochromis Franz, 1910; (synonym)
Sarothrodus Gill, 1861; (synonym)
Strongylochaetodon Maug© & Bauchot, 1984; (synonym)
Tholichthys Gìnther, 1868; (synonym)
Tetragonoptrus Klein, 1776; (not available, in synonym)
Tetragonopterus Bleeker, 1863; (preoccupied)
Tifia Jordan, 1922; (synonym)
Tetragonoptrus Walbaum (ex Klein), 1792; (not available, in synonym)
Byssochaetodon Maug© & Bauchot, 1984; (synonym)
Aspilurochaetodon Maug© & Bauchot, 1984; (synonym)
Apporetochaetodon Maug© & Bauchot, 1984; (synonym)
Anisochaetodon Klunzinger, 1884; (synonym)
Hemichaetodon Bleeker, 1876; (synonym)
Heterochaetodon Maug© & Bauchot, 1984; (synonym)

?Chaetodon abhortani Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon abudafur

?C. a. var. jahud Forssk¥l, 1775

Chaetodon adiergastos Seale, 1910

Chaetodon albicans

Chaetodon albicans Mocigno, 1831; (unavailable, in passing)

?Chaetodon albicauda Gronow, 1854

Chaetodon allonge

Chaetodon allonge Montrouzier, 1857; (unavailable, in synonymy)

Chaetodon argentatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1911

?Chaetodon argo Boddaert, 1770

?Chaetodon arthriticus Bell, 1793

Chaetodon asfur

?C. a. var. amarus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

C. a. var. caerulescens

Chaetodon asfur var. caerulescens Forssk¥l, 1775; (unavailable, no features)

Chaetodon assarius Waite, 1905

Heterochaetodon assarius Maug© & Bauchot, 1984; (valid as)

Chaetodon aureofasciatus Macleay, 1878

Chaetodon auriga Forssk¥l, 1775

Chaetodon setifer Bloch, 1795; (synonym)
Chaetodon sebanus Cuvier, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon lunaris Gronow, 1854; (synonym)
Linophora auriga Kaup, 1860; (valid as)
Anisochaetodon auriga Klunzinger, 1884; (valid as)
Chaetodon setifer var. hawaiiensis Borodin, 1930; (unavailable, infrasubspecific)

Chaetodon auripes Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Chaetodon aureus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; (1 homonym)
Chaetodon aureus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844; (synonym)
Chaetodon dorsiocellatus Ahl, 1923; (synonym)
Chaetodon fallax Ahl, 1923; (synonym)

Chaetodon austriacus Rìppell, 1836

Chaetodon vittatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (synonym)
Chaetodon klunzingeri Kossmann & R¤uber, 1877; (synonym)

Chaetodon aya Jordan, 1886

Chaetodon eques Steindachner, 1903; (synonym)

?Chaetodon baro Cuvier, 1816

Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier, 1829

?Chaetodon bellicosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon vinctus Lay & Bennett, 1839; (synonym)

?Chaetodon bicornis Cuvier, 1816

?Chaetodon bilineatus Scopoli, 1786-88

Chaetodon blackburnii Allen, 1980

Chaetodon blackburnii Desjardins, 1836; (valid as)

Chaetodon burgessi Allen & Starck, 1973

Roaops burgessi Maug© & Bauchot, 1984; (valid as)

Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus, 1758

Sarothrodus capistratus Gill, 1861; (valid as)
Chaetodon bricei Smith, 1898; (synonym)

?Chaetodon catesbeii Shaw, 1803

Chaetodon catesbaei Cuvier, 1816; (misspelling)

?Chaetodon chilensis Gmelin, 1789

Chaetodon chrysurus

C. c. paucifasciatus Ahl, 1923

Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier (ex Broussonet), 1831

Chaetodon nigripes De Vis, 1884; (synonym)
Chaetodon citrinellus var. semipunctatus Ahl, 1923; (synonym)

C. c. nigripes

Chaetodon citrinellus nigripes Ahl, 1923; (1 HOMONYM)

Chaetodon collare Bloch, 1787

Chaetodon viridis Bleeker, 1845; (synonym)
Chaetodon viridis Bleeker, 1845; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Chaetodon viridis Bleeker, 1845; (unavailable, no features)
Chaetodon praetextatus Cantor, 1849; (synonym)
Chaetodontops collare Bleeker, 1876; (valid as)
Chaetodon fowleri Klausewitz, 1955; (synonym)

?C. c. var. duplicicollis Ahl, 1923

?Chaetodon constrictus Shaw, 1794

Chaetodon couagga

Chaetodon couagga Valenciennes, 1835; (unavailable, in passing)

Chaetodon daedalma Jordan & Fowler, 1902

Chaetodon declivis Randall, 1975

Chaetodon declevis Burgess & Randall, 1978; (synonym)

?Chaetodon decoratus Ahl, 1923

Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier, 1829

Chaetodon vagabundus var. jordani Ahl, 1923; (synonym)

Chaetodon dialeucos Salm & Mee, 1989

Chaetodon dolosus Ahl, 1923

Chaetodon mendoncae Smith, 1953; (synonym)

?Chaetodon ecanbonna Suckow, 1799

Chaetodon elongatus

Chaetodon elongatus Lacep¨de, 1802; (valid, uncertain)

Chaetodon enneacanthus

Chaetodon enneacanthus Cuvier, 1831; (unavailable, in passing)

Chaetodon ensis

Chaetodon ensis Banks, 1829; (unavailable, in passing)

Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon principalis Cuvier, 1829; (synonym)
Chaetodon garnoti Lesson, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon garnoti Lesson, 1831; (unavailable, in passing)
Rabdophorus ephippium Swainson, 1839; (valid as)
Chaetodon mulsanti Thiolli¨re, 1857; (synonym)
Chaetodon papek Montrouzier, 1857; (unavailable, in synonymy)

Chaetodon falcula Bloch, 1795

Chaetodon dizoster Valenciennes, 1831; (synonym)

Chaetodon fasciatus Forssk¥l, 1775

Chaetodon fasciatus Bloch, 1787
Chetodon variegatus Bonnaterre, 1788; (synonym, objective)
Chaetodon flavus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (synonym)

?Chaetodon festivus Desjardin, 1834

Chaetodon flavirostris Gìnther, 1874

Chaetodon aphrodite Ogilby, 1889; (synonym)

Chaetodon flavocoronatus Myers, 1980

Chaetodon fremblii Bennett, 1828

?Chaetodon frontalis Cuvier, 1829

Chaetodon fuscus

Chaetodon fuscus Commerson, 1802; (opinion 89)
Chaetodon fuscus Commerson, 1802; (unavailable, non-binominal)

?Chaetodon gallina Lacep¨de, 1802

Chaetodon gardineri Norman, 1939

?Chaetodon garretti Ahl, 1923

?Chaetodon gigas Cuvier (ex Parkinson), 1831

?Chaetodon goniodes Woods, 1960

Chaetodon guentheri Ahl, 1923

Chaetodon gìntheri Ahl, 1923; (misspelling)
Chaetodon punctulatus Ahl, 1923; (synonym)

Chaetodon guttatissimus Bennett, 1833

Chaetodon maculatus Li©nard, 1891; (synonym)
Choetodon maculatus Li©nard, 1891; (1 homonym)
Choetodon maculatus Li©nard, 1891; (misspelling)
Choetodon maculatus Li©nard, 1891; (synonym)
Tetragonoptrus maculatus Li©nard, 1891; (1 homonym)
Tetragonoptrus maculatus Li©nard, 1891; (misspelling)
Tetragonoptrus maculatus Li©nard, 1891; (synonym)

?Chaetodon guttulatus Cuvier, 1829

Chaetodon guyanensis Durand, 1960

Chaetodon hoefleri Steindachner, 1881

Chaetodon humeralis Gìnther, 1860

?Chaetodon imperialis Shaw, 1803

Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790

Chaetodon melammystax Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (synonym)
Chaetodon melastomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (synonym)
Chaetodon flavescens Bennett, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon virescens Cuvier, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon bellulus Thiolli¨re, 1857; (synonym)
Chaetodon kleinii Day, 1875
Chaetodon corallicola Snyder, 1904; (synonym)
Tifia corallicola Jordan, 1922; (synonym)
Chaetodon cingulatus Fowler, 1934; (synonym)

Chaetodon larvatus Cuvier (ex Ehrenberg), 1831

Chaetodon karraf Cuvier (ex Ehrenberg), 1831; (synonym)

Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair, 1867

Chaetodon leucopygus Ahl, 1923; (synonym)

?Chaetodon leucurus Linnaeus, 1766

Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier (ex Quoy & Gaimard), 1831

Chaetodon lunatus Cuvier (ex Ehrenberg), 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon tallii Bleeker, 1854; (synonym)
Oxychaetodon lineolatus Bleeker, 1876; (valid as)

Chaetodon litus Randall & Caldwell, 1973

?Chaetodon luctuosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Chaetodon luctuosus Cuvier, 1831; (1 homonym)
Chaetodon luctuosus Cuvier, 1831; (synonym, objective)

Chaetodon lunula Cuvier, 1831

Pomacentrus lunula Lacep¨de, 1802; (valid as)
Chaetodon lunulatus Shaw, 1803; (synonym)
Chaetodon lunulatus Shaw, 1803; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Chaetodon lunulatus Shaw, 1803; (unjustified emendation)
Chaetodon biocellatus Cuvier, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon lunula Allen, 1980

Chaetodon madagaskariensis

Chaetodon chrysurus madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923; (valid as)

Chaetodon marisrubri

Chaetodon marisrubri Hasselquist, 1762; (opinion 57)

Chaetodon marleyi Regan, 1921

Chaetodon notophthalmus Ahl, 1923; (synonym)

?Chaetodon melampus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Chaetodon marginatus Lichtenstein, 1823; (overlooked available)
Chaetodon marginatus Lichtenstein, 1823; (synonym)
Chaetodon dorsalis Rìppell (ex Reinward), 1829; (synonym)
Chaetodon marginatus Cuvier (ex Ehrenberg), 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon ocellicaudus Cuvier, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon reinwardtii Gìnther, 1860; (synonym)
Strongylochaetodon melannotus Maug© & Bauchot, 1984; (valid as)

?Chaetodon melanotus Cuvier (ex Reinwardt), 1831

Chaetodon melapterus

Chaetodon melanopterus Playfair, 1867; (synonym)
Chaetodon melanopterus Playfair, 1867; (unjustified emendation)
Chaetodon trifasciatus var. arabica Steindachner, 1899; (synonym)

Chaetodon meleagris

Chaetodon meleagris Forster, 1835; (unavailable, in passing)

Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon dixoni Regan, 1904; (synonym)
Rhombochaetodon mertensii Burgess, 1978; (valid as)

Chaetodon mesoleucos Forssk¥l, 1775

Chaetodon hadjan Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (synonym)

Chaetodon mesoleucus

?C. m. var. arabicus Walbaum, 1792

Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Holacanthus flavo-niger Lacep¨de, 1802; (misspelling)
Holacanthus flavoniger Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
Citharoedus meyeri Kaup, 1860; (valid as)

?Chaetodon microlepis Bleeker, 1853

Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Chaetodon mantelliger Jenkins, 1901; (synonym)

Chaetodon mitratus Gìnther, 1860

Chaetodon modestus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844

Coradion desmotes Jordan & Fowler, 1902; (synonym)
Loa excelsa Jordan, 1921; (synonym)
Roa excelsa Jordan, 1923; (synonym)
Paracanthochaetodon modestus Schmidt & Lindberg, 1930; (valid as)
Chaetodon jayakari Norman, 1939; (synonym)

Chaetodon multicinctus Garrett, 1863

?Chaetodon multispinosus Larraáaga, 1923

Chaetodon multi-spinosus Larraáaga, 1923; (misspelling)
Chaetodon rubilorum Larraáaga, 1923; (synonym)

Chaetodon nigro

Chaetodon nigro Commerson, 1802; (opinion 89)
Chaetodon nigro Commerson, 1802; (unavailable, non-binominal)

Chaetodon nigrocaeruleus

Chaetodon nigrocaeruleus Commerson, 1802; (opinion 89)
Chaetodon nigrocaeruleus Commerson, 1802; (unavailable, non-binominal)

Chaetodon nigromaculatus

Chaetodon nigro-maculatus Lacep¨de, 1802; (misspelling)
Chaetodon nigromaculatus Lacep¨de, 1802; (misspelling)

Chaetodon nigropunctatus Allen, 1980

Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage, 1880; (valid as)
Tetragonoptrus nigropunctatus Sauvage, 1880; (valid as)
Chaetodon obscurus Boulenger, 1888; (synonym)

Chaetodon nippon Dæderlein, 1883

Chaetodon carens Seale, 1910; (synonym)
Chaetodon decipiens Ahl, 1923; (synonym)
Mesochaetodon nippon Maug© & Bauchot, 1984; (valid as)

?Chaetodon nudus Gronow, 1854

Chaetodon obliquus Lubbock & Edwards, 1980

Chaetodon ocellatus

Chaetodon bimaculatus Bloch, 1790; (synonym)
Chaetodon bimaculatus Desmarest, 1826; (valid as)
Sarothrodus maculo-cinctus Gill, 1861; (misspelling)
Sarothrodus maculocinctus Gill, 1861; (synonym)
Sarothrodus amplecticollis Poey, 1868; (synonym)
Sarothrodus ataeniatus Poey, 1868; (synonym)

Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch, 1787

Chaetodon octolineatus Gronow, 1854; (synonym)
Discochaetodon octofasciatus Nalbant, 1971; (valid as)

Chaetodon oligacanthus

Chaetodon oligacanthus Bleeker, 1850; (unavailable, no features)
Parachaetodon oligacanthus Bleeker, 1874; (valid as)

Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier (ex Solander), 1831

Chaetodon ornatus Gray, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon ornatissimus var. kaupi Ahl, 1923; (synonym)
Chaetodon lydiae Curtiss, 1938; (synonym)

?Chaetodon oviformis Mitchill, 1818

Chaetodon oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853

?Chaetodon parallelus Gronow, 1854

Chaetodon paucifasciatus Robins, Bailey, Bond, Brooker, Lachner, Lea & Scott, 1991

Chaetodon chrysurus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (valid as)
Chaetodon chrysurus Desjardins, 1834; (1 homonym)
Chaetodon chrysurus Desjardins, 1834; (unavailable, in synonymy)

Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868

Chaetodon germanus De Vis, 1884; (synonym)

?Chaetodon percatus Lacep¨de, 1802

Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier (ex Broussonet), 1831

Chaetodon cordiformis Thiolli¨re, 1857; (synonym)
Megaprotodon maculiceps Ogilby, 1910; (synonym)
Tetrachaetodon plebeius Weber & de Beaufort, 1936; (valid as)

?Chaetodon plumieri Bloch, 1787

Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon punctato-fasciatus Cuvier, 1831; (misspelling)
Chaetodon punctatus Parkinson, 1831; (unavailable)
Exornator punctatofasciatus Nalbant, 1971; (valid as)

Chaetodon punctofasciatus

Chaetodon punctato-lineatus Gronow, 1854; (misspelling)
Chaetodon punctatolineatus Gronow, 1854; (synonym)

?Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray, 1831

Chaetodon 4-maculatus Gray, 1831; (misspelling)

Chaetodon quincinctus

Chaetodon 5-cinctus Cuvier, 1829; (misspelling)
Chaetodon quincinctus Cuvier, 1829; (misspelling)

Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830

Chaetodon eteiraprinceps Cuvier, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon sebae Cuvier, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon dahli Ahl, 1923; (synonym)
Chaetodon rafflesi Masuda et al., 1984; (misspelling)

Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923

Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon superbus Broussonet, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon superbus Broussonet, 1831; (unavailable, in passing)
Chaetodon superbus Lesson (ex Broussonet), 1831; (unavailable, in passing)

Chaetodon ribulorum

Chaetodon ribulorum Larraáaga, 1923; (valid, uncertain)

Chaetodon rivulorum

Chaetodon multi-spinosus vel rivularum Larraáaga, 1925; (misspelling)
Chaetodon rivulorum Larraáaga, 1925; (valid, uncertain)

Chaetodon robustus Gìnther, 1860

Chaetodon sanctaehelenae Gìnther, 1868

Chaetodon sanctae helenae Gìnther, 1868; (misspelling)
Chaetodon sanctae helenae var. uniformis Ahl, 1923; (synonym)

Chaetodon sedentarius Poey, 1860

Chaetodon gracilis Gìnther, 1860; (synonym)

Chaetodon selene Bleeker, 1853

Chaetodon semeion Bleeker, 1855

Chaetodon semilarvatus Cuvier (ex Ehrenberg), 1831

Chaetodon melanopoma Playfair, 1867; (synonym)

?Chaetodon sinensis Forster, 1795

Chaetodon smithi Randall, 1975

Chaetodon hemichrysus Burgess & Randall, 1978; (synonym)

Chaetodon speciosus

Chaetodon speciosus Gmelin (ex Broussonnet), 1789; (unavailable, no features)

Chaetodon speculum Cuvier (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt), 1831

Tetragonoptrus speculum; (valid as)
Chaetodon spilopleura Cuvier (ex Reinwardt), 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon unifasciatus van Hasselt, 1877; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Chaetodon ocellifer Franz, 1910; (synonym)

Chaetodon stellatus

Chaetodon stellatus Valenciennes, 1835; (unavailable, in passing)

Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758

Tetragonoptrus striatus Walbaum (ex Klein), 1792; (valid as)
Chaetodon striatus Rosenthal, 1812-25; (1 HOMONYM)
Chaetodon striatus var. albipinnis Ahl, 1923; (synonym)
Chaetodon striatus var. dorsimacula Ahl, 1923; (synonym)
Chaetodon consuelae Mowbray, 1928; (synonym)
Anisochaetodon trivirgatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1936; (synonym)
Lepidochaeton trivirgatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1936; (synonym)

?Chaetodon tabak Walbaum, 1792

?Chaetodon teatae Curtiss, 1938

Chaetodon tinkeri Schultz, 1951

Heminigellus tinkeri Nalbant, 1984; (valid as)

Chaetodon triangulum Cuvier (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt), 1831

Gonochaetodon triangulum Bleeker, 1876; (valid as)

Chaetodon trichrous Gìnther, 1874

Chaetodon tricinctus Waite, 1901

Chaetodon trifascialis

Chaetodon bifascialis Cuvier, 1829; (synonym)
Chaetodon leachii Cuvier, 1831; (1 homonym)
Chaetodon leachii Cuvier, 1831; (synonym)
Megaprotodon bifascialis Guichenot, 1848; (synonym)
Eteira taunayi Kaup, 1860; (synonym)
Chaetodon tearlachi Curtiss, 1938; (synonym)

Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797

Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825; (synonym)
Chaetodon tau-nigrum Cuvier, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon taunigrum Cuvier, 1831; (synonym)
Chaetodon taunigrum Cuvier, 1831; (synonym, objective)
Chaetodon bellus Solander, 1839; (synonym)
Chaetodon bellus Solander, 1839; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Chaetodon layardi Blyth, 1852; (synonym)
Chaetodon ovalis Thiolli¨re, 1857; (synonym)
Chaetodon pepek Montrouzier, 1857; (synonym)
Chaetodon pepek Montrouzier, 1857; (unavailable, in synonymy)
Chaetodon trifasciatus caudifasciatus Ahl, 1923; (synonym)
Corallochaetodon trifasciatus Burgess, 1978; (valid as)

Chaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon aurora De Vis, 1884; (synonym)
Chaetodon ulietensis var. confluens Ahl, 1923; (synonym)

Chaetodon unifasciatus

Chaetodon unifasciatus Gronow, 1854; (valid, uncertain)

Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787

Lepidochaetodon unimaculatus Bleeker, 1876; (valid as)
Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901; (synonym)
Chaetodon unimaculatus interruptus Ahl, 1923; (synonym)

Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758

Chaetodon pictus Forssk¥l, 1775; (synonym)
Chaetodon nesogallicus Cuvier, 1829; (synonym)

?Chaetodon vitulus Whitley, 1957

Chaetodon wiebeli Kaup, 1863

Chaetodon bella-maris Seale, 1914; (misspelling)
Chaetodon bellamaris Seale, 1914; (synonym)
Chaetodon collare var. knerii Ahl, 1923; (synonym)
Chaetodon frenatus Fowler, 1935; (synonym)

Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833

Chaetodon nigripinnatus Desjardins, 1836; (synonym)
Chaetodon nigripinnis Peters, 1855; (synonym)
Chelmo pulcher Steindachner, 1875; (misspelling)
Chelmo pulcher Steindachner, 1875; (synonym)
Chelmon pulcher Steindachner, 1875; (synonym)
Chaetodon auromarginatus Bliss, 1883; (synonym)
Chaetodon dayi Ahl, 1923; (synonym)

Chaetodon xanthurus Bleeker, 1857

Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867

Chaetodon zanzibariensis Allen, 1980; (misspelling)

?Chaetodon zebra Lacep¨de, 1802

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Additional information sources:

The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail: Igor Sheremetyev; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.

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