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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 in Australia as Black-backed butterflyfish, in Japan as Akebono-chôchô-uo, in Papua New Guinea as Black-backed coralfish, in Philippines as Alibang-bang, in South Africa as Blackback butterflyfish, in South Africa as Swartrug-vlindervis. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Kimberleys (Western Australia) and New South Wales (Australia.) and New Caledonia.   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   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Chaetodon melannotus Current Species   melannotus Current Genus   Chaetodon Current AuthorWI   Cuvier [G.] Current AuthorNI   Cuvier Current Year   1801 Current Family   Chaetodontidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat reef-associated         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.     Distribution Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Marshall Islands and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Kimberleys (Western Australia) and New South Wales (Australia.) and New Caledonia. 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], 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]). 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 (466 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 abudafar 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 Uncertain aculeatus Chaetodon aculeatus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854 Synonym aculeatus Chaetodon aculeatus (Poey [F.] 1860) 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 Not available 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 Not available altipinnis Chaetodon altipinnis Cadenat [J.] 1951 Synonym amarus Chaetodon amarus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801 Uncertain 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 Not available arcuanus Chaetodon arcuanus Gmelin [J. F.] 1789 Synonym arcuatus Chaetodon arcuatus Linnaeus [C.] 1758 Synonym 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 (466 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…171819 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…