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Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Dataset
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Published in
Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Chaetodon abhortani Cuvier, 1831
Chaetodon dorsalis Rüppell, 1829
Chaetodon marginatus Cuvier, 1831
Chaetodon melanotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Chaetodon melanotus Cuvier, 1831
Chaetodon reinwardti Günther, 1860
Chaetodon reinwardtii Günther, 1860
Mesochaetodon strongylochaetodon melannotus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Tetragonoptrus dorsalis (Rüppell, 1829)
Tetragonoptrus melanotus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Homonyms
Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Common names
Akebono-chôchô-uo in Japanese
Alibang-bang in language.
Alibang-bang in language.
Alibangbang in language.
Alibangbang in language.
Alibangbang in language.
Bagang in Malay
Bagang panau in Malay
Black-back butterflyfish in English
Black-backed butterfly fish in English
Black-backed butterflyfish in English
Black-backed butterflyfish in English
Black-backed butterflyfish in English
Black-backed butterflyfish in English
Black-backed coralfish in English
Blackback butterflyfish in English
Blackback butterflyfish in English
Blackback butterflyfish in English
Blackback butterflyfish in English
Blackback butterflyfish in English
Blackbacked butterflyfish in English
Butterflyfish in English
Chétodon à dos noir in French
Cá Bướm hai chấm in Vietnamese
Dhon bibi in Maldivian
Kalaykalay in language.
Kapiged in language.
Kepe kepe in Malay
Moscht in Arabic
Papillon à dos noir in French
Papillon à dos noir in French
Paru-paro in Tagalog
Paru-parong dagat in Tagalog
Pavillon in language.
Pavillon à dos noir in French
Schwarzrücken-Falterfisch in German
Sortrygget fanefisk in Danish
Swartrug-vlindervis in Afrikaans
Tifitifi-laumoli in Samoan
Tifitifi-pa'ipa'i in Samoan
Ustnik ciemnopregi in Polish
blackback butterflyfish in language.
blackbacked butterflyfish in English
daliga ragutu in Fijian
太阳蝶 in language.
太陽蝶 in language.
黑背蝴蝶魚 in language.
黑背蝴蝶魚 in language.
黑背蝴蝶鱼 in language.
Akebono-chôchô-uo in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  3. 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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