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View Mode View All Pictures Species Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider    Chaetodon melannotus was originally described as Chaetodon melannotus by Bloch & Schneider in 1801. It belongs to the family Chaetodontidae. It is commonly known as Blackback butterflyfish but has many other common names such as Black-backed butterflyfish in Australia, Akebono-chôchô-uo in Japan, Black-backed coralfish in Papua New Guinea, Alibang-bang in Philippines, Blackback butterflyfish in South Africa, Swartrug-vlindervis in South Africa. more common names It is found in Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   melannotus AuthorWI   Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] AuthorNI   Bloch & Schneider Qualification   --- Year   1801 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Perciformes Family   Chaetodontidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Chaetodon Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Family   Chaetodontidae Genus   Chaetodon Original Name   Chaetodon         Taxon Name   melannotus Original Combination   Chaetodon melannotus Original Genus   Chaetodon Original Genus Species   Chaetodon melannotus OriginalSubGenus   Chaetodon Original Author   Bloch & Schneider Original AuthorWI   Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1801 Original Family   Chaetodontidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Paepke 1999:60 [ref. 24282]. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   ZMB 1253 Journal   Systema Ichthyol. Page   224 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Chaetodon melannotus Current Species melannotus Current Genus Chaetodon Current AuthorWI Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] Current AuthorNI Bloch & Schneider Current Year 1801 Current Family Chaetodontidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat marine.         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Usually occurs solitary or in pairs in coral-rich areas of reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs to a depth of over 15 m. Feeds on octocorallian and scleractinian coral polyps. Easy to maintain in the aquarium. Depth Range From 4 to 20 meters.     Current Summary   Valid as Chaetodon melannotus  Bloch & Schneider 1801. Chaetodontidae.   Name History   •Valid as Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Burgess 1978:673 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:158 [ref. 22764], Dor 1984:174 [ref. 29757], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:185 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:629 [ref. 5660], Winterbottom et al. 1989:42 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:224 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:220 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:47 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:405 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:152 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:121 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:216 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:224 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:164 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:334 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:739 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:89 [ref. 37268], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:623 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:894 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:297 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:166 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:106 [ref. 25868], Shimizu 2001:32 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3243 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:894 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:42 [ref. 26830], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:630 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:117 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:18 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3323 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:315 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1292 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:72 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:187 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:136 [ref. 31256], Zuo & Tang 2011:1004 [ref. 32151], Allen & Erdmann 2012:525 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:262 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:100 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:54 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:8 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:238 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:109 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:185 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:83 [ref. 36871]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 19 (465 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…171819 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   abhortani Chaetodon abhortani Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831 Synonym abudafar Chaetodon abudafur Forsskål [P. S.] 1775 Synonym abudafur Dascyllus abudafur Forsskål [P. S.] 1775 Valid abudafur hanni Chaetodon abudafur hanni Forsskål [P. S.] 1775 Synonym abudafur jahud Chaetodon abudafur jahud Forsskål [P. S.] 1775 No types known aculeatus Chaetodon aculeatus (Poey [F.] 1860) Synonym aculeatus Chaetodon aculeatus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854 Synonym acuminatus Chaetodon acuminatus Linnaeus [C.] 1758 Synonym adiergastos Chaetodon adiergastos Seale [A.] 1910 Valid albicans Chaetodon albicans Mocigno [J. M.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831 In family albicauda Chaetodon albicauda Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854 Synonym albipinnis Chaetodon albipinnis Ahl [E.] 1923 Synonym alepidotus Chaetodon alepidotus Linnaeus [C.] (ex Garden) 1766 Synonym allonge Chaetodon allonge Montrouzier [X.] 1857 In family altipinnis Chaetodon altipinnis Cadenat [J.] 1951 Synonym amplecticollis Chaetodon amplecticollis (Poey [F.] 1868) Synonym andamanensis Chaetodon andamanensis Kuiter [R. H.] & Debelius [H.] 1999 Valid annularis Chaetodon annularis Bloch [M. E.] 1787 Synonym aphrodite Chaetodon aphrodite Ogilby [J. D.] 1889 Synonym arabica Chaetodon arabica Steindachner [F.] 1899 Synonym arabicus Chaetodon arabicus Walbaum [J. J.] 1792 Synonym araneus Chaetodon araneus Bennett [J. W.] 1830 Synonym arcuanus Chaetodon arcuanus Gmelin [J. F.] 1789 Synonym arcuatus Chaetodon arcuatus Linnaeus [C.] 1758 Synonym argentatus Chaetodon argentatus Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] 1911 Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 19 (465 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…171819 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…