FB-12532 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12532 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acanthuriformes Chaetodontidae Chaetodon Chaetodon nippon Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883 Arabisk fanefisk Arabian butterflyfish Blackfin butterflyfish Black-finned melon butterflyfish Papillon d'Arabie 黑鰭蝴蝶魚 黑鳍蝴蝶鱼 Chaetodon melanopterus Playfair, 1867 Chaetodon trifasciatus arabica Steindachner, 1899 Choetodon melapterus Guichenot, 1863 1994-09-16 2013-04-17 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. (Ref. 4517) Burgess, W.E.0 Butterflyfishes of the world. A monograph of the Family Chaetodontidae. T.F.H. 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McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-12533-2364 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1995-01-09 2001-11-04 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12533 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chmel_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chmel_u0.jpg FB-pic-12533-12291 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12533 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat date: 2-3, Nov. 1983; trap fishermen http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chmel_ua.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chmel_ua.jpg FB-pic-12533-16252 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1998-01-04 1998-01-04 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12533 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chmel_u4.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Chmel_u4.gif FB-GeneralDescr-12533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-09-16 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12533 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Adults are found in coral rich areas of shallow coastal reefs. Occasionally in aggregations. They feed exclusively on coral polyps (Ref. 9710). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205). Burgess, W.E. 1978 Butterflyfishes of the world. A monograph of the Family Chaetodontidae. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 4855) FB-Morphology-12533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-09-16 00:00:00 1994-09-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12533 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 21; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 18 - 19 Burgess, W.E. 1978 Butterflyfishes of the world. A monograph of the Family Chaetodontidae. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 4855) FB-Distribution-12533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-09-16 00:00:00 2025-09-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12533 Western Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman; off the Red Sea coast of Yemen and other islands to the south. Although the type locality was stated to be Reunion and cited by several references as occurring there, it is probably erroneous; the species apparently does not occur in the Mascarenes (Ref. 33390). Randall, J.E. 1994 Twenty-two new records of fishes from the Red Sea. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14:259-275. (Ref. 10677) FB-Uses-12533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-09-16 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12533 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. FB-LifeCycle-12533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1994-09-16 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=12533&StockCode=12864 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205). Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884). Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884) FB-TrophicStrategy-12533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2001-02-08 00:00:00 2023-12-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public melapterus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dwells in coral and rocky reefs, in pairs (Refs. 9773, 129713). Found in coral rich areas of shallow coastal reefs. Feeds exclusively on coral polyps (Also Ref. 129713). Burgess, W.E. 1978 Butterflyfishes of the world. A monograph of the Family Chaetodontidae. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 4855) FB-Size-12533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-09-16 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12533 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 13.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 11441)) Randall, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-12533 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-09-16 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12533 reef-associated; non-migratory (Ref. 52884); marine Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884)