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Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Bloch, M. E. (1787). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 3: i-xii + 1-146. Pls. 181-216.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Chaetodontidae
genus
Chaetodon
species
Chaetodon unimaculatus

Name

Synonyms
Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901
Heterochaetodon lepidochaetodon unimaculatus (Bloch, 1787)
Homonyms
Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787
Common names
Alibangbang in language.
Boray-boray in language.
Chaetodon à une tache in French
Chaetodon à une tache in French
Chétodon ocellé in French
Cá Bướm một chấm in Vietnamese
Eenkol-vlindervis in language.
Grædende fanefisk in language.
Itten-chôchô-uo in Japanese
Ittenchochouo in Japanese
Kepe susu bulat hitam in language.
Limespot Butterflyfish in English
One-spot Butterfly in English
Onespot Butterflyfish in English
Pacific Teardrop Butterflyfish in English
Papillon à larme du Pacifique in French
Papillon à larme du Pacifique in French
Paru-paro in language.
Paru-parung dagat in language.
Peix papallona llàgrima in Catalan–Valencian
Peixe-borboleta-mancha-de-lágrima in Portuguese
Pesce farfalla lacrima in Italian
Pez mariposa lágrima in Spanish
Poisson-papillon à larme du Pacifique in French
Teardrop Butterflyfish in English
Teardrop Coralfish in English
Tifitifi-pulesama in language.
Tränentropfen-Falterfisch in German
Ustnik wielkoplamek in Polish
amuamu in language.
amuamu in language.
daliga ragutu in Fijian
ipue'ehikekeina (Fatu Hiva), pahakahaka (Hiva Oa) in language.
klipka jednoskvrnná in Czech
korai, korai keke in language.
moa (Ua Pou, Ua Huka), puha moa (Nuku Hiva) in language.
onespot coralfish in English
onespot coralfish in English
paraharaha in Tahitian
paraharaha in Tahitian
taputapu (Rurutu) in language.
teardrop butterflyfish in English
teardrop butterflyfish in English
tikorekore in language.
tikorekore in language.
tipi tipi uri in language.
Однопятнистая рыба-бабочка in Russian
ปลาผีเสื้อหยาดน้ำตา in Thai
イッテンチョウチョウウオ in Japanese
イッテンチョウチョウウオ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Bloch, M. E. (1787). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 3: i-xii + 1-146. Pls. 181-216.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Randall et al. 2005, Randall & Cea 2011.
  6. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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