Amphichaetodon
Appearance
Amphichaetodon | |
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Lord Howe Island butterflyfish (A. howensis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Chaetodontidae |
Genus: | Amphichaetodon W. E. Burgess, 1978 |
Type species | |
Amphichaetodon melbae W. E. Burgess & D. K. Caldwell, 1978
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Species | |
2 |
Amphichaetodon is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. They are native to the southern Pacific Ocean.
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903) – Lord Howe Island butterflyfish
- Amphichaetodon melbae W. E. Burgess & D. K. Caldwell, 1978 – narrow-barred butterflyfish
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Amphichaetodon". FishBase. February 2013 version.