Chaetodon wiebeli

Chaetodon wiebeli, commonly known as the Hong Kong butterflyfish, Wiebel's butterflyfish or blackcap butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is native to the Western Pacific Ocean.

Chaetodon wiebeli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Chaetodon
Subgenus: Chaetodon (Rabdophorus)
Species:
C. wiebeli
Binomial name
Chaetodon wiebeli
Kaup, 1863
Synonyms[2]
  • Chaetodon bellamaris Seale, 1914
  • Chaetodon collare knerii Ahl, 1923
  • Chaetodon frenatus Fowler, 1935

Description

Chaetodon wiebeli has an oval shaped, deep and strongly compressed body with a head which is the same height as its width and a short snout with a small protractile mouth equipped with setiform teeth in its jaws.[3] These teeth are referred to in the genus name Chaetodon which means "bristle tooth".[4] It has a smooth preopercle which does not have any obvious spines.[3] The colouration is mainly yellow marked with oblique brown lines. There is a vertical black band running through the eye, with a white bar to its rear, and a black blotch on the forehead. The dorsal, anal, pelvic and caudal fins are yellow, although the caudal fin has a black margin.[5] The dorsal fin contains a total of 12–13 spines and 22–25 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 18–20 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 19 centimetres (7.5 in).[2]

Distribution

Chaetodon wiebeli is found in the western Pacific Ocean from southern Japan and South Korea to northern Java, extending into the Gulf of Thailand.[1]

Habitat and biology

Chaetodon wiebeli is found in both rocky and coral reefs, where they are normally encountered in pairs and in small shoals.[2] They feed on coral polyps, benthic invertebrates and algae.[5] This is an oviparous species which forms pairs during breeding.[2] They may be solitary and their main feeding technique is grazing algae off rocks.[1] They can ben found at depths of 4 to 25 metres (13 to 82 ft).[3]

Systematics

Chaetodon wiebeli was first formally described in 1863 by the German ichthyologist Johann Jakob Kaup (1803–1873) with the type locality given as Canton in China.[6] The specific name honours Kaup's friend, the naturalist and one of the founders of the Zoological Museum in Hamburg, Karl Maximilian Wiebel (1808–1888).[4] It belongs to the large subgenus Rabdophorus which might warrant recognition as a distinct genus.[7]

References

  1. Myers, R.F.; Pratchett, M. (2010). "Chaetodon wiebeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165685A6091062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165685A6091062.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Chaetodon weibeli" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. "Chaetodon weibeli". Fishes of Taiwan. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 July 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. "Chaetodon weibeli". Saltcorner. Bob Goemans. 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chaetodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  7. Fessler, Jennifer L.; Westneat, Mark W (2007). "Molecular phylogenetics of the butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae): Taxonomy and biogeography of a global coral reef fish family". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (1): 50–68. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.018.


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