WoRMS taxon details
Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
218745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218745)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon mantelliger Jenkins, 1901 · unaccepted
Heterochaetodon burgessius miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218745 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Chaetodon mantelliger Jenkins, 1901) Jenkins, O. P. (1901). Descriptions of fifteen new species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> 19 (1899): 387-404. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
original description (of Chaetodon mantelliger Jenkins, 1901) Jenkins, O. P. (1901). Descriptions of fifteen new species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> 19 (1899): 387-404. [details]
basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon mantelliger Jenkins, 1901)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Lemon Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Lemon Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Lemon Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Lemon Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Lemon Butterflyfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon miliaris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon mantelliger Jenkins, 1901)
To FishBase images (Chaetodon miliaris, Midway Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon mantelliger P02246 illustration) (from synonym Chaetodon mantelliger Jenkins, 1901)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon miliaris FIN027729 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon miliaris FIN027730 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon mantelliger Jenkins, 1901)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Lemon Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Lemon Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Lemon Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Lemon Butterflyfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Lemon Butterflyfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetodon miliaris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon mantelliger Jenkins, 1901)
To FishBase images (Chaetodon miliaris, Midway Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon mantelliger P02246 illustration) (from synonym Chaetodon mantelliger Jenkins, 1901)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon miliaris FIN027729 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaetodon miliaris FIN027730 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
