Chaetodon capistratus
Diagnosis
Diagnosis_Genus: Chaetodon Linnaeus. Caput: Dentes setacei, flexiles, confertissimi, numerosissimi. Membr. branch. radiis VI. Corpus pictum. Pinna dorsianique carnosa squamofa.
Diagnosis_Species: Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus. C. spinis pinnae dorsalis I2, corpore striato, ocello subcaudali. Mus. Ad. Fr. I. p. 63. t. 33. f. 4. Chaetodon pallidus, fascia capitis ocelloque subcaudali fuscis. D. I/3 2/2. P. I4. V. I/6. A. 3/2I. C. I8. Gron. mus. 2. n. 195. Chaet. macrolepidotus, linea nigra ad oculo, macula rotunda ad pinnam dorsalem. D. I/3 2/6. P. -- V. I/6. A. 2/I8. C.-- Amoen. Acad. I. p. 314. Labrus rostro reflexo, ocello purpureo iride alba juxta caudam. D. I/3 3/I. P. I4. V. I/6. A. 3/I7. C. -- Habitat in Indiis.
Body_adults_length: 7-15 cm
Body_adults_length_mean: 12 cm
Body_juveniles_length: < 9 cm
Body_eggs_length: 0.76-0.766 mm (Colin, 1989)
Etymology
The name of the genus Chaetodon comes from the Greek “chaite” = hair and “odous” = tooth, doe to the “bristle-shaped teeth”
Type species
The type species of the genus Chaetodon is Chaetodon capistratus (Linnaeus 1758) (Animalbase).
Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen
Type locality: Indiis, western Atlantic (Fishwisepro)
Type specimen: BMNH 1853.11.12.68 (Fishwisepro)
Ecology
Chaetodon capistratus lives in tropical northwestern Atlantic, where it ranges from the Carolinas (USA) to Venezuela.
Substrate: water
Oxygen_level: oxic
Sociability_adults: solitary
Salinity: marine
Depth: 2-20 m
Depth_eggs: pelagic
pH: 8-8.5
Temperature: 24-30°C
Habitat: coastal
Life cycle
Spawning occurred during much of the lunar month from February to April and it is uncertain whether any lunar periodicity to spawning exists (Colin, 1989).
No sexual dimorphisme.
Longevity: more than 3 years
Reproduction_mode: sexual
Spawning_method: external fertilization in the water column
Fertility_period: seasonal (during spring)
Fecondity_number_of_eggs_per_adult: 3000 to 4000 eggs
Feeding behaviour
Mode of locomotion
Original description
Reference(s)
Attached phylogeny
Observation site(s)
SYMBIONTS
Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Amyloodinium ocellatum | Aquarium Zoological Society of London |
On Oodinium ocellatum Brown, a parasitic dinoflagellate causing epidemic disease in marine fish. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 2:583-607. (1934) |