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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Chaetodontidae |
Genus: | Chaetodon |
Species: | C. marleyi
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Binomial name | |
Chaetodon marleyi
Regan, 1921
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The doublesash butterflyfish, (Chaetodon marleyi), also known as the fourbanded butterflyfish or Marley’s butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the southwestern Indian Ocean and the extreme southwestern Atlantic Ocean off southern Africa.
The doublesash butterflyfish has a silvery-white body marked with three broad yellowish-brown vertical bands, another one runs through the eyes, and there is a similar coloured caudal peduncle. The caudal fin has a yellow band while the dorsal and anal fins are yellow. [2] The dorsal fin contains 11 spines and 23-24 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 18-19 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in). [3]
The doublesash butterflyfish is found off Southern Africa from Delagoa Bay in Mozambique to Lambert's Bay on the Atlantic coast of Western Cape Province in South Africa. [1]
The doublesash butterflyfish can be found on both rock and coral reefs, as well as in estuaries. [3] They may be found at depths of up to 120 metres (390 ft). [1] This is an oviparous species which forms pairs for spawning. [3] This species is omnivorous and feeds on macroalgae, [2] as well as benthic invertebrates such as polychaetes, crustaceans, hydroids and ascidians. [4]
The doublesash butterflyfish was first formally described in 1921 by the English ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943) with the type locality given as East London. [5] Regan honoured the collector of the type, the Natal fisheries officer Harold Walter Bell-Marley (1872-1945), in the specific name. [6] Its closest relative is the West African Chaetodon hoefleri. [4] Some authorities place this species within the nominate subgenus Chaetodon but others consider it to be incertae sedis. [6]
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Doublesash butterflyfish | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Chaetodontidae |
Genus: | Chaetodon |
Species: | C. marleyi
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Binomial name | |
Chaetodon marleyi
Regan, 1921
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The doublesash butterflyfish, (Chaetodon marleyi), also known as the fourbanded butterflyfish or Marley’s butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the southwestern Indian Ocean and the extreme southwestern Atlantic Ocean off southern Africa.
The doublesash butterflyfish has a silvery-white body marked with three broad yellowish-brown vertical bands, another one runs through the eyes, and there is a similar coloured caudal peduncle. The caudal fin has a yellow band while the dorsal and anal fins are yellow. [2] The dorsal fin contains 11 spines and 23-24 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 18-19 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in). [3]
The doublesash butterflyfish is found off Southern Africa from Delagoa Bay in Mozambique to Lambert's Bay on the Atlantic coast of Western Cape Province in South Africa. [1]
The doublesash butterflyfish can be found on both rock and coral reefs, as well as in estuaries. [3] They may be found at depths of up to 120 metres (390 ft). [1] This is an oviparous species which forms pairs for spawning. [3] This species is omnivorous and feeds on macroalgae, [2] as well as benthic invertebrates such as polychaetes, crustaceans, hydroids and ascidians. [4]
The doublesash butterflyfish was first formally described in 1921 by the English ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943) with the type locality given as East London. [5] Regan honoured the collector of the type, the Natal fisheries officer Harold Walter Bell-Marley (1872-1945), in the specific name. [6] Its closest relative is the West African Chaetodon hoefleri. [4] Some authorities place this species within the nominate subgenus Chaetodon but others consider it to be incertae sedis. [6]
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