CHAETODONTIDAE
CHAETODONTIDAE
Butterfly fishes
أسماك الفراشة
Order: PerciformesClass: Actinopterygii
10species in the encyclopedia
10count stated by the source
10records with a plate cleared for display (of 10)
What this page holds, and what it does not
It holds the published records of this family with the names the register designates, the plates cleared for display, and the characters of the family as the printed source states them.
No scientific distribution is published for any record yet; the names recorded for the Red Sea and the Gulf are names, not occurrence records.
No conservation assessment is published in the register yet, so no conservation badge is shown for any record.
Taxa in this family
One card per record: its plate when the register permits one, its name with its standing, and its codes. A card without an image has no plate the register lets us display.
Chaetodon auriga
Threadfin butterflyfish Measured specimen length: 15.6 cm
HWT-FISH-0106
Chaetodon austriacus
Blacktail butterflyfish Measured specimen length: 10.5 cm
HWT-FISH-0107
Chaetodon fasciatus
Diagonal butterflyfish Measured specimen length: 11.5 cm
HWT-FISH-0108
Chaetodon larvatus
Hooded butterflyfish Measured specimen length: 7.7 cm
HWT-FISH-0109
Chaetodon lineolatus
Lined butterflyfish Measured specimen length: 24.3 cm
HWT-FISH-0110
Chaetodon melannotus
Blackbacked butterflyfish Measured specimen length: 12.4 cm
HWT-FISH-0111
Chaetodon mesoleucos
White-face butterflyfish Measured specimen length: 11.4 cm
HWT-FISH-0112
Chaetodon paucifasciatus
Eritrean butterflyfish Measured specimen length: 10.4 cm
HWT-FISH-0113
Chaetodon semilarvatus
Bluecheek butterflyfish Measured specimen length: 14.1 cm
HWT-FISH-0114
Heniochus intermedius
Red Sea bannerfish Measured specimen length: 11.3 cm
HWT-FISH-0115
The length is that of one measured specimen, not the maximum length of the species. A missing length means the encyclopedia holds no documented value.
Family characters
- Fin formula: Dorsal D: 6 – 16 spines
- Fin formula: Anal A: 3 – 5 spines
- Fin formula: Pelvic P1: 1 spine
- Fin formula: Caudal C: 15 branched rays
- Species count stated by the source: 10
These are diagnostic characters of the family. They are not a measured value for any individual species and do not appear on species pages.
Scientific sources
أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة (2011).
ط١ ١٤٣٢هـ/٢٠١١م.