FB-5660 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acanthuriformes Pomacanthidae Chaetodontoplus Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch, 1787) Ustnik cesarski Hvidstrålet kejserfisk Butterflyfish Red Sea butterflyfish Vermiculate angelfish Vermiculated angelfish Verniculate angelfish Poisson-ange vermiculé Chirimen-yakko Angel marmut Bagang-taring putih tengah Bagang Inggu Taring pelandok Baro-baro Paro-paro Paru-parang dagat Alibangbang Boray-boray Kalaykalay Kulibangbang Tapay-tapay 中白荷包魚 中白荷包鱼 黃尾荷包魚 黄尾荷包鱼 Chaetodon mesoleucus Bloch, 1787 Chaetodontoplus mesoleucos (Bloch, 1787) 1992-06-11 2013-04-24 Rau, N. and A. Rau0 Commercial marine fishes of the Central Philippines (bony fish). German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Germany. 623 pp. (Ref. 393) Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). 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Randall 1996-12-03 1999-07-06 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chmes_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chmes_u1.jpg FB-pic-5660-12571 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-12-03 1999-06-21 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chmes_u2.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chmes_u2.jpg Locality: Maumere, Flores, Indonesia. FB-pic-5660-12572 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-12-03 1999-06-21 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chmes_u3.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chmes_u3.jpg Locality: Maumere, Flores, Indonesia. FB-pic-5660-12573 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-12-03 2002-09-29 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chmes_u4.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chmes_u4.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-5660 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2013-04-24 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Inhabits continental shelf reefs; not usually found around oceanic islands (Ref. 9710). Feeds on sponges, tunicates, and filamentous algae (Ref. 9710). Forms small groups. Frequently exported through the aquarium trade (Ref. 48391). Very close to Chaetodontoplus poliourus Randall & Rocha, 2009 with different colors on pelvic, dorsal and caudal fins. The two species coexist in several islands of Indonesia (Ref. 82330) including Lesser Sunda Islands, Molucca Islands, Halmahera, and Bird's Head Peninsula of West Papua (Ref. 90102). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5660 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-01-13 00:00:00 2013-04-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Description: Body purplish grey with vermiculations white, snout tip yellow, eye bar black, patch on nape white or yellow. Body depth 1.7-1.8 in SL. Scales longitudinal series about 80 (Ref. 90102). May consist of two separate species, one with an all-yellow tail and the other mostly gray tail (Ref. 48391, 48636). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Morphology-5660 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-01-13 00:00:00 2013-04-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 18; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 17 - 18 Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Distribution-5660 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2025-04-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Indo-West Pacific: Japan to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and east to Papua New Guinea (Ref. 4859). Reported from Mentawai Islands (Ref. 27157). May consist of two separate species, one with an all-yellow tail and the other mostly gray tail (Ref. 48391). Steene, R.C. 1978 Butterfly and angelfishes of the world. A.H. & A.W. Reed Pty Ltd., Australia. vol. 1. 144 p. (Ref. 4859) FB-Uses-5660 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2013-04-24 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial; price category: high; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) FB-LifeCycle-5660 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2013-04-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=5660&StockCode=5953 Protogyny has been proposed for this species awaiting confirmation (Ref. 103751). Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y. and M. Liu 2008 Functional hermaphroditism in teleosts. Fish Fish. 9(1):1-43. (Ref. 103751) FB-TrophicStrategy-5660 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-11-13 00:00:00 2008-12-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public mesoleucus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Inhabits continental shelf reefs; not usually found around oceanic islands. Feeds on sponges, tunicates, and filamentous algae (Ref. 1602). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Size-5660 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2013-04-24 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 18.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-5660 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2013-04-24 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5660 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 1 - 20 m (Ref. 9710) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)