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Chaetodontoplus
Bluestriped angelfish
Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Chaetodontoplus
Bleeker, 1876
Type species
Holacanthus septentrionalis
Temminck & Schlegel 1844
Species

15, see text.

Chaetodontoplus is a genus of marine angelfishes in the family Pomacanthidae. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Chaetodontoplus ballinae Whitley, 1959. Ballina angelfish Southwest Pacific: known only from off Ballina, New South Wales, Australia.
Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus Yasuda & Tominaga, 1976. Bluespotted angelfish Western-Pacific Ocean
Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus S. C. Shen & Lim, 1975 Maze Angelfish Southern Japan and Taiwan
Chaetodontoplus chrysocephalus ( Bleeker, 1855). Orangeface angelfish Western Pacific from Japan to Indonesia
Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus ( Waite, 1900). Conspicuous angelfish Australia, New Caledonia
Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus (Bleeker, 1860). Velvet angelfish Western Central Pacific: Indonesia.
Chaetodontoplus duboulayi ( Günther, 1867). Scribbled angelfish Indo-West Pacific Ocean
Chaetodontoplus melanosoma (Bleeker, 1853). Black-velvet angelfish Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malayan region and New Guinea , northward to southern Japan.
Chaetodontoplus meredithii Kuiter, 1989. Queensland yellowtail angelfish,

False personifer angelfish

Australia
Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus ( Bloch, 1787). Vermiculated angelfish Indo-West Pacific: Japan to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and east to Papua New Guinea
Chaetodontoplus niger Chan, 1966. Black angelfish Western Pacific: Japan and the South China Sea.
Chaetodontoplus personifer ( McCulloch, 1914). True personifer angelfish Indo-West Pacific: northwest Australia to Taiwan.
Chaetodontoplus poliourus Randall & Rocha, 2009 [1] Greytail angelfish Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Palau and Indonesia
Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis ( Temminck & Schlegel, 1844). Bluestriped angelfish coastal waters of China, southern Japan, and southern Korea
Chaetodontoplus vanderloosi Allen & Steene, 2004 Vanderloos angelfish Papua New Guinea

References

  1. ^ John E. Randall and Luiz A. Rocha (2009). "Chaetodontoplus poliourus, a new angelfish (Perciformes: Pomacanthidae) from the Tropical Western Pacific". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 57 (2): 511–520.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chaetodontoplus
Bluestriped angelfish
Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Chaetodontoplus
Bleeker, 1876
Type species
Holacanthus septentrionalis
Temminck & Schlegel 1844
Species

15, see text.

Chaetodontoplus is a genus of marine angelfishes in the family Pomacanthidae. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Chaetodontoplus ballinae Whitley, 1959. Ballina angelfish Southwest Pacific: known only from off Ballina, New South Wales, Australia.
Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus Yasuda & Tominaga, 1976. Bluespotted angelfish Western-Pacific Ocean
Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus S. C. Shen & Lim, 1975 Maze Angelfish Southern Japan and Taiwan
Chaetodontoplus chrysocephalus ( Bleeker, 1855). Orangeface angelfish Western Pacific from Japan to Indonesia
Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus ( Waite, 1900). Conspicuous angelfish Australia, New Caledonia
Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus (Bleeker, 1860). Velvet angelfish Western Central Pacific: Indonesia.
Chaetodontoplus duboulayi ( Günther, 1867). Scribbled angelfish Indo-West Pacific Ocean
Chaetodontoplus melanosoma (Bleeker, 1853). Black-velvet angelfish Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malayan region and New Guinea , northward to southern Japan.
Chaetodontoplus meredithii Kuiter, 1989. Queensland yellowtail angelfish,

False personifer angelfish

Australia
Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus ( Bloch, 1787). Vermiculated angelfish Indo-West Pacific: Japan to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and east to Papua New Guinea
Chaetodontoplus niger Chan, 1966. Black angelfish Western Pacific: Japan and the South China Sea.
Chaetodontoplus personifer ( McCulloch, 1914). True personifer angelfish Indo-West Pacific: northwest Australia to Taiwan.
Chaetodontoplus poliourus Randall & Rocha, 2009 [1] Greytail angelfish Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Palau and Indonesia
Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis ( Temminck & Schlegel, 1844). Bluestriped angelfish coastal waters of China, southern Japan, and southern Korea
Chaetodontoplus vanderloosi Allen & Steene, 2004 Vanderloos angelfish Papua New Guinea

References

  1. ^ John E. Randall and Luiz A. Rocha (2009). "Chaetodontoplus poliourus, a new angelfish (Perciformes: Pomacanthidae) from the Tropical Western Pacific". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 57 (2): 511–520.

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