FB-8014 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8014 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acanthuriformes Chaetodontidae Chaetodon Chaetodon falcula Bloch, 1795 Saal-vlindervis Trynefanefisk Blackwedged butterflyfish Indian double-saddle butterflyfish Pigface coralfish Saddleback butterflyfish Saddled butterflyfish Sickle butterflyfish Kiillaik-harjashammas Chétodon faucille Papillon indien à deux selles Barbanoes Ribob Pakkikkadiya പക്കി ക്കടിയ  പക്കിക്കടിയന് Bagang Bagang baji hitam Debam Kepe falcula Paru-paro Dhon bibi Galikokkamas Handupholimas Kapiged Keke Pavillon Te ibabataranga Tikorekore 紋帶蝴蝶魚 纹带蝴蝶鱼 Anisochaetodon falcula (Bloch, 1795) Chaetodon dizoster Valenciennes, 1831 Chaetodon facula Bloch, 1795 Chaetodon ulientensis (non Cuvier, 1831) Tetragonoptrus dizoster (Valenciennes, 1831) 1993-05-06 2013-04-17 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8014 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chfal_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chfal_u0.jpg FB-pic-8014-12260 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-11-14 1999-07-01 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=8014 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chfal_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chfal_u1.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-8014 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-05-06 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=8014 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Adults are found on the reef edge and upper slope. Usually in current-prone habitats; juveniles secretive in corals (Ref. 48636). Generally seen in pairs or in small aggregations (Ref. 4858). Feed mainly on invertebrates (Ref. 6113). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205). Indian Ocean species counterpart of sibling Chaetodon ulietensis which is found in western and central Pacific (Ref. 90102). Heemstra, P.C. 1986 Chaetodontidae. p. 627-632. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5372) FB-DiagnosticDescr-8014 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-01-20 00:00:00 2013-04-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8014 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Description: Distinctly marked with bright yellow and orange over the back and tail. Two well-defined black saddles on the back (Ref. 48636). Snout length 1.9-2.3 in HL. Body depth 1.6-1.8 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-8014 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1994-01-20 00:00:00 2013-04-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8014 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 25; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 20 - 21 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-8014 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-05-06 00:00:00 2025-09-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8014 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Indian Ocean: East Africa south to 27°S and east to Indonesia. Heemstra, P.C. 1986 Chaetodontidae. p. 627-632. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5372) FB-Uses-8014 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-05-06 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=8014 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial 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-8014 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1993-05-06 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=8014&StockCode=8325 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884). Thresher, R.E. 1984 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) FB-Size-8014 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-05-06 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=8014 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases 20.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5372)) Heemstra, P.C. 1986 Chaetodontidae. p. 627-632. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5372) 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#Habitat 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-8014 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-05-06 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=8014 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 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)