Doublesash butterflyfish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodon |
| Species: | C. marleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodon marleyi Regan, 1921
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The doublesash butterflyfish, (Chaetodon marleyi), also known as the fourbanded butterflyfish or Marley’s butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the southwestern Indian Ocean and the extreme southwestern Atlantic Ocean off southern Africa.
Description[edit]
The doublesash butterflyfish has a silvery-white body marked with three broad yellowish-brown vertical bands, another one runs through the eyes, and there is a similar coloured caudal peduncle. The caudal fin has a yellow band while the dorsal and anal fins are yellow.[2] The dorsal fin contains 11 spines and 23-24 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 18-19 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in).[3]
Distribution[edit]
The doublesash butterflyfish is found off Southern Africa from Delagoa Bay in Mozambique to Lambert's Bay on the Atlantic coast of Western Cape Province in South Africa.[1]
Habitat and biology[edit]
The doublesash butterflyfish can be found on both rock and coral reefs, as well as in estuaries.[3] They may be found at depths of up to 120 metres (390 ft).[1] This is an oviparous species which forms pairs for spawning.[3] This species is omnivorous and feeds on macroalgae,[2] as well as benthic invertebrates such as polychaetes, crustaceans, hydroids and ascidians.[4]
Systematics[edit]
The doublesash butterflyfish was first formally described in 1921 by the English ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943) with the type locality given as East London.[5] Regan honoured the collector of the type, the Natal fisheries officer Harold Walter Bell-Marley (1872-1945), in the specific name.[6] Its closest relative is the West African Chaetodon hoefleri.[4] Some authorities place this species within the nominate subgenus Chaetodon but others consider it to be incertae sedis.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Rocha, L.A.; Pyle, R.; Myers, R.F. (2010). "Chaetodon marleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T4362A10816177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010.RLTS.T4362A10816177.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Chaetodon marleyi". Saltcorner!. Bob Goemans. 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Chaetodon marleyi" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ a b Vine, Niall Gordon (1998). "Aspects of the biology of the doublesash butterflyfish, Chaetodon marleyi (Pisces : Chaetodontidae)". Rhodes University. Archived from the original on 2012-12-24.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chaetodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ a b Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 July 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 December 2020.