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Chaetodon rainfordi

(Rainford´s Butterflyfish)

Overview

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Family : Butterflyfishes ; Usually in pairs, in areas of sparse coral growth. Feeds on algae and small benthic invertebrates [1]. Heavy algae growth should always be maintained in the aquarium .

Near Threatened

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Danish:

Rainfords fanefisk

Common Names in English:

Northern Butterflyfish, Rainford´s Butterflyfish, Rainford´s Coralfish, Rainford's butterflyfish, Rainford's coralfish

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

林氏蝴蝶魚, 林氏蝴蝶鱼

Description

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Habitat

May be found at depths of 1 to 15 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,278 meters (0 to -7,474 feet).[2]

Ecology: Inhabits coastal and offshore reefs at depths of 5-20 m. It occurs as solitary individuals or in pairs (Pyle 2001). This species is an obligate corallivore (Pratchett 2005), which is consistent with marked declines in abundance following extensive coral loss (Pratchett et al. 2006). The species (like C. aureofasciatus) recruits in high numbers, which may enhance recovery potential.[3].

List of Habitats :

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Subgenus : Chaetodon from Eschmeyer[4].

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 02-Sep-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Chaetodon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 167 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. aculeatus (Caribbean Longsnout Butterflyfish) · C. acuminatus (Featherfin Coralfish) · C. adiergastos (Philippine Butterflyfish) · C. alepidotus (North Atlantic Harvestfish) · C. andamanensis (Yellow Butterflyfish) · C. annularis (Blue-Ringed Angelfish) · C. arcuatus (Gray Angelfish) · C. argentatus (Three-Band Butterflyfish) · C. argenteus (Silver and Black Butterflyfish) · C. argus (Spotted Butter Fish) · C. armatus (Bastard Dory) · C. aruanus (Black and White Damselfish) · C. asfur (Arabian Angelfish) · C. assarius (West Australian Butterflyfish) · C. aureofasciatus (Golden-Striped Butterflyfish) · C. auriga (Threadfin Butterflyfish) · C. auripes (Oriental Butterflyfish) · C. austriacus (Red Sea Melon Butterflyfish) · C. aya (Bank Butterflyfish) · C. baronessa (Pacific Triangular Butterflyfish) · C. bengalensis (Narrow-Banded Sergeant Major) · C. bennetti (Bennet´s Shovelnose Guitarfish) · C. biaculeatus (Spinedcheeked Anemonefish) · C. bicolor (Black and Gold Angelfish) · C. bimaculatus (Parche) · C. blackburni (Blackburn's Butterflyfish) · C. blackburnii (Blackburn´s Butterflyfish) · C. brownriggii (Pacific Surge Damsel) · C. burgessi (Burgess´ Butterflyfish) · C. canaliculatus (White-Spotted Rabbitfish) · C. capistratus (Four Eye Butterflyfish) · C. chirurgus (Black Doctorfish) · C. chrysozonus (Goldon-Girdled Coralfish) · C. madagaskariensis (Indian Ocean Chevron Butterflyfish) · C. chrysurus madagaskariensis (Indian Ocean Chevron Butterflyfish) · C. chrysurus paucifasciatus (Red Sea Chevron Butterflyfish) · C. ciliaris (Yellow Angelfish) · C. citrinellus (Speckled Butterflyfish) · C. collare (Brown Butterflyfish) · C. cornutus (Moonish Idol) · C. curacao (Black-Snouted Sergeant-Major) · C. daedalma (Wrought Iron Butterflyfish) · C. declivis (Marquesas Butterflyfish) · C. decussatus (Indian Vagabond Butterflyfish) · C. diacanthus (Regal Angelfish Pasific) · C. dialeucos (Oman Butterflyfish) · C. dichrous (Hedgehog Butterflyfish) · C. dolosus (Blackedged Butterflyfish) · C. ephippium (Black-Blotched Butterfly-Fish) · C. excelsa (Hawaiian Brown-Banded Butterflyfish) · C. faber (Threebanded Sheephead) · C. falcifer (Scythemarked Butterflyfish) · C. falcula (Indian Double-Saddle Butterflyfish) · C. fasciatus (Red Sea Raccoon Butterflyfish) · C. flavirostris (Yellow-Faced Butterfly-Fish) · C. flavocoronatus (Yellow-Crowned Butterflyfish) · C. fremblii (Bluestriped Butterflyfish) · C. gardineri (Gardiner´s Butterflyfish) · C. guentheri (Gunther´s Butterflyfish) · C. dolosus (Günther's Butterflyfish) · C. guttatissimus (Threeband Butterflyfish) · C. hemichrysus (Half-Yellow Butterflyfish) · C. hoefleri (Four-Banded Butterfly Fish) · C. howensis (Lord Howe Island Butterflyfish) · C. humeralis (Three-Banded Butterflyfish) · C. imperator (Imperial Angelfish) · C. interruptus (Yellow Teardrop Butterflyfish) · C. jayakari (Indian Golden-Barred Butterflyfish) · C. kleini (Whitespotted Butterflyfish) · C. kleinii (White-Spotted Butterflyfish) · C. lanceolatus (Lance-Shaped Ribbonfish) · C. larvatus (Orange-Face Buttterflyfish) · C. leucopleura (Somali Butterflyfish) · C. leucopygus (Lined Butterflyfish) · C. lineatus (Blue Linned Surgeonfish) · C. lineolatus (Spot-Nape Butterflyfish) · C. litus (Easter Island Butterflyfish) · C. lividus (Blunt Snout Gregory) · C. longimanus (Banded Sicklefish) · C. longirostris (Black Long-Nosed Butterflyfish) · C. lunula (Red-Striped Butterfly-Fish) · C. lunulatus (Pacific Pinstriped Butterflyfish) · C. maculatus (Spotted Etroplus) · C. maculosus (Indian Ocean Chevron Butterflyfish) · C. madagaskariensis (Indian Ocean Chevron Butterflyfish) · C. mantelliger (French Butterflyfish) · C. marleyi (Doublesash Butterflyfish) · C. mayeri (Smalltail Wrasse) · C. melannotus (Black-Backed Butterfly Fish) · C. melanopus (Black-Backed Butterfly Fish) · C. melanotus (Black-Backed Butterfly Fish) · C. melapterus (Black-Finned Melon Butterflyfish) · C. mertensi (Orangebar Butterflyfish) · C. mertensii (Keel-Finned Butterfly-Fish) · C. mesoleucos (White Fronted Butter Flyfish) · C. mesoleucus (White Fronted Butter Flyfish) · C. meyeri (Scrawled Butterflyfish) · C. miliaris (Crochet Butterflyfish) · C. mitratus (Indian Butterflyfish) · C. modestus (Brown-Banded Butterflyfish)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. [back]
  2. Mean = -222.850 meters (-731.135 feet), Standard Deviation = 500.810 based on 449 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
  3. Myers, R. & Pratchett, M. 2010. Chaetodon rainfordi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
  4. Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (1998). Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012