FB-6631 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6631 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acanthuriformes Chaetodontidae Chaetodon Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923 Rainfords fanefisk Northern butterflyfish Rainford's butterflyfish Rainford's coralfish 林氏蝴蝶魚 林氏蝴蝶鱼 Chaetodon rainfordii McCulloch, 1923 1992-11-27 2013-04-25 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Eschmeyer, W.N.0 Catalog of the genera of recent fishes. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA. 697 p. (Ref. 1830) Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene0 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) Brothers, E.B., D.McB. Williams and P.F. Sale0 Length of larval life in twelve families of fishes at 'One Tree Lagoon', Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Mar. Biol. 76:319-324. (Ref. 4080) Burgess, W.E.0 Butterflyfishes of the world. 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Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-6631-12320 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-11-18 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=6631 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chrai_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chrai_u0.jpg Locality: One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. FB-pic-6631-27576 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 2000-09-07 2010-07-13 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=6631 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chrai_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chrai_u1.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-6631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-11-27 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=6631 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Adults are found in areas of sparse coral growth. They feed on algae and small benthic invertebrates (Ref. 2334). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205). Heavy algae growth should always be maintained in the aquarium. 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-DiagnosticDescr-6631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-01-18 00:00:00 2013-04-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6631 Description: Body yellow, vertical bars broad bluish grey sandwiched in orange bars; eye bar orange with dark margin and sandwiched in blue bars. Snout length 2.6-3.6 in HL. Body depth 1.2-1.5 in SL (Ref. 90102). Burgess, W.E. 1978 Butterflyfishes of the world. A monograph of the Family Chaetodontidae. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 4855) FB-Morphology-6631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-01-18 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=6631 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 22; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 17 - 19 Burgess, W.E. 1978 Butterflyfishes of the world. A monograph of the Family Chaetodontidae. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 4855) FB-Distribution-6631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-11-27 00:00:00 2025-09-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6631 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Western Pacific: restricted to the Great Barrier Reef, adjacent coastal areas, and Lord Howe Island. 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-6631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-11-27 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=6631 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-LifeCycle-6631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-11-27 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=6631&StockCode=6951 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-6631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-11-20 00:00:00 2008-12-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public rainfordi http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Occurs inshore(Ref. 75154); usually in pairs, in areas of sparse coral growth (Ref. 4859). 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-Size-6631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-11-27 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=6631 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 15.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4859)) 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-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-6631 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-11-27 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=6631 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat reef-associated; non-migratory (Ref. 52884); marine; depth range 1 - 15 m (Ref. 9710) Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884) 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)