WoRMS taxon details

Chaetodon falcula Bloch, 1795

218726  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218726)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]   
Description Found on reef edge and upper slope. Feeds mainly on invertebrates (Ref. 6113). Generally seen in pairs or in small...  
Description Found on reef edge and upper slope. Feeds mainly on invertebrates (Ref. 6113). Generally seen in pairs or in small aggregations (Ref. 4858). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Chaetodon falcula Bloch, 1795. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218726 on 2024-04-23
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

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  PDF available [request] 

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade) [details]

From other sources
Description Found on reef edge and upper slope. Feeds mainly on invertebrates (Ref. 6113). Generally seen in pairs or in small aggregations (Ref. 4858). [details]
LanguageName 
English blackwedged butterflyfish  [details]