Diagnosis_Genus: Chaetodipterus Lacepède. The height of this fish is almost equal to its total length and each of its side has the shape of a diamond. Each nostril has only one orifice. The second fin back and the anal fin are shaped like a scythe, in a way more remarkable than their first rays are long enough to exceed the caudal fin. The overall color of the animal is green mixed with yellow, which extend to the right and left, six narrow horizontal stripes, regular, almost equal to each other, and a fairly dark green. Plumier saw this Chétodiptère in the waters of the Occidental Indies, where he likes to stand above the stony funds. The Chétodiptère generic name is composed by contraction of Chétodon and Diptere which means the two fins back. 4 rays at the branchial fin, 14 rays at each pectoral fin, 1 goaded ray and 5 articulated rays at each thoracic fin, 12 rays at the fin tail.
Diagnosis_Species: Chaetodon faber Broussonet. R. 3, 3/4. P. 2. D.2, 3. V. I, 2. A. 2, 3. C. 3, 4. Corpus compressum, obsolete rhomboideum; Diameter perpendicularis, prope Anum major, ad longitudinalem, circiter ut 4:5; Adomen curvatum, antice et postice convexum, ad Pinnas Ventrales planiusculum; Dorsum abdomine magis curvatum, medio subrectum, subcarinatum; Cauda compressa, superne et inferne convexiuscula. Squamae arcte imbricatae, versus anteriora irregulariter, versus posteriora oblique regulariter, subquadratae, angulis rotundatis, latiores quam longiores, mediocres, basi subtruncatae, obtuse crenatae, apice rotundatae, levissime ciliatae, coloratae. Linca lateralis suprema, a commissura superiore aperturae branchialis, curvata, dorso parallela, in cauda subrecta, lineolata, vix elevata.... (the diagnosis of this fishes is very detailed, see the original description).
Body_adults_length: 30-90 cm
Body_adults_length_mean: 45 cm
Body_juvenile_length: < 6 cm (Barros et al., 2015)
Body_larvae_length: 2.5-6 mm (Ditty et al., 1994)
Body_larvae_newly_hatched_length: 2.5 mm (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934)
Body_larvae_2.5DPH: 4 mm (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934)
Body_egg: 1 mm (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934)
Weigth_adult: 9 kg (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934)
Weight_mean_Beaufort_market: 700 g (Hildebrand & Cable, 1934)
Sequence_RAG-1: AY308773 (Miya et al. 2007), AY308775 (Alfaro ate al. 2007)
Sequence_12sRNA: AF055592 (Alfaro et al. 2007)
Sequence_16sRNA: AF055613 (Alfaro et al. 2007)