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  MavicaNET - Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae)
Butterflyfish belong to the Chaetodontidae family and are classified into 11 genera which consist of Amphichaetodon, Chaetodon, Chlemon, Clelmonops, Coradion, Forcipiger, Hemitaurichthys, Heniochus, Johnrandallia, Parachaetodon, and Prognathodes. Most of these fish reach an adult size of six inches in captivity, and they can grow to almost 12 inches in length in the wild.
The family Chaetodontidae, known commonly as the butterflyfishes, consists of approximately 120 species and 10 genera; although, the number of genera varies from one classification scheme to the next.
The marine family of Butterflyfishes, Chaetodontidae ("Key-toe-dawn-tid-ee") runs the gamut in the way of aquarium suitability.
www.mavicanet.com /lite/spa/25113.html   (427 words)

  
 Butterflyfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae.
The family name Chaetodontidae derives from the Greek words chaite meaning "hair" and odontos meaning "tooth." This is an allusion to the rows of brush-like teeth found in their small, protrusile mouths.
Butterflyfish closely resemble the Angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae but are distinguished from the latter by their lack of preopercle spines (part of the gill covers).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Butterfly_fish   (453 words)

  
 USF Ichthyology - Publications
Motta, Philip J. Dentition patterns among Pacific and Western Atlantic butterflyfishes (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae): relationship to feeding ecology and evolutionary histry.
Motta, Philip J. A quantatative analysis of ferric iron in butterfly teeth (Chaetodontidae, Perciformes) and the relationship to feeding ecology.
Motta, Philip J. Functional morphology of the head of Hawaiian and Mid-Pacific butterflyfishes (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) Enviromental Biology of Fishes.
luna.cas.usf.edu /~motta/pubs.htm   (1072 words)

  
 The Food Habits and Feeding Behavior of Chaetodontids
There are around 118 species of butterflyfishes (family Chaetodontidae) currently recognized by ichthyologists.
You will find a description of the different feeding categories represented in the family chaetodontidae, as well as a list of the butterflyfish species that belong to each group.
Plus, there is a butterflyfish food habit question and answer section and a slide show with beautiful, professional photos showing members of the various feeding guilds.
www.coralrealm.com /fish/butterflyfoodhabits.asp   (246 words)

  
 Dive Bunaken & Manado - FROGGIES DIVERS - The Dive Sites in & around the Bunaken National Park - Indonesia
Wrasses (Labridae), parrotfishes (Scaridae), butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) and large angelfishes (Pomacanthidae).
Fishes: Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae), groupers (Serranidae), parrotfishes (Scaridae), moray eels (Muraenidae).
Fishes: Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae), parrotfishes (Scaridae), angelfishes (Pomacanthidae), sweetlips (Plectorhinchus spp.).
www.divefroggies.com /divespots.html   (1450 words)

  
 Coral decline threatens fish biodiversity in marine reserves -- Jones et al. 101 (21): 8251 -- Proceedings of the ...
Chaetodontidae, and Labridae, and 1 m wide for Pomacentridae).
Percentage change is calculated from the average of the first two surveys (1997–1998) and last two surveys (2002–2003) for all fish species in the families Acanthuridae, Chaetodontidae, Labridae, and Pomacentridae.
The numbers on the x axis represent individual species (1–77) and are ranked from largest increase to largest decline for open reefs.
www.pnas.org /cgi/content/full/101/21/8251   (2189 words)

  
 butterfly fish - HighBeam Encyclopedia
BUTTERFLY FISH [butterfly fish] common name for certain members of the Chaetodontidae, a family of reef-dwelling tropical fishes that also includes the angelfishes and is closely allied to the spadefishes and the tangs.
All have compressed bodies and small mouths and teeth.
The butterfly fishes are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Perciformes, family Chaetodontidae.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-butterfl-fi.html   (388 words)

  
 Photo of Crown Butterflyfish, taken in the Red Sea
It is only found in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The Butterfly fish family or Chaetodontidae are small, colourful fishes with a continuous dorsal fin.
Chaetodontidae means Greek bristle teeth and indeed they do have small, brush-like teeth.
www.scubatravel.co.uk /crownbfly.html   (199 words)

  
 New butterflyfish phylogeny announced | Practical Fishkeeping magazine
A team of systematists from around the world have published a new evolutionary family tree for the marine butterfly fish family Chaetodontidae.
Tim Littlewood and Sarah McDonald of the Natural History Museum, London, Thomas Cribb of the University of Queensland and Tony Gill of Arizona State University conducted a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Chaetodontidae to assess the existing morphological data for the group.
The study suggests that a clade containing Chelmon and Coradion is a sister group to other members of the chaetodontid family.
www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk /pfk/pages/item.php?news=515   (546 words)

  
 Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) - MavicaNET
Some types are known to have died of fright from the sight of a net or pointed hobbyist finger.
Some believe their colors serve to advertize the fact to would-be predators that they are bony and not worth the trouble to eat, yet there are many predators that readily eat them.
Butterflyfish, Members of the Marine Family Chaetodontidae - English
www.mavica.ru /directory/eng/25113.html   (386 words)

  
 False Moorish Idols, Heniochus diphreutes, Pacific Double-Saddle Butterfly Fish   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The False Moorish Idol feeds mainly on plankton; with adults swimming in large schools, and younger fish congregating around outer slopes of coral reefs.
It belongs to the family Chaetodontidae, or Butterflyfishes.
While we were feeding the Moray Eels and Black-Tip Sharks in Tahiti, there were always hundreds of butterflyfish of all species.
www.brunsonimages.com /gallery/TropicalFish/butterflyfish_23.html   (204 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Butterflyfishes of the world : a monograph of the family Chaetodontidae
Butterflyfishes of the world : a monograph of the family Chaetodontidae
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WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/777082c1590e41d9.html   (61 words)

  
 Group: butterfly fishes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Butterfly fish mouth is small, snout more or less pointed.
Teeth have the shape of a brush (this is the meaning of the word Chaetodontidae), good to feed on pieces of soft animals.
The body is laterally compressed, good to swim between the coral branches in case of danger.
www.edge-of-reef.com /Chetodontidi/chetodontidien.htm   (380 words)

  
 NAS - Species FactSheet
Members of the Family Chaetodontidae (i.e., butterflyfishes) typically are oval-shaped, deep-bodied and highly compressed.
Bouchon-Navaro, Y. Quantitative distribution of the Chaetodontidae on a reef of
Neudecker, S. Eye camouflage and false eyespots: chaetodontid responses to predators.
nas.er.usgs.gov /queries/FactSheet.asp?SpeciesID=2301   (930 words)

  
 BROADER IMPACTS AND OUTCOMES OF BUTTERFLYFISH PROJECT
Webb, J.F. Laterophysic Connection: A unique link between the swim bladder and the lateral-line system in Chaetodon (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae).
The evolution of the laterophysic connection with a revised phylogeny and taxonomy of butterflyfishes (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae) Cladistics.
Webb, J.F., Smith, W.L., Tricas, T.C., Ketten, D.R. "The laterophysic connection: A novel specialization thought to enhance sound pressure sensitivity in butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae, Chaetodon)".
www38.homepage.villanova.edu /jacqueline.webb/impacts.htm   (844 words)

  
 Animal Planet :: Fish Guide -- Butterflyfish
Butterflyfish belong to the Chaetodontidae family and are classified into 11 genera which consist of Amphichaetodon, Chaetodon, Chlemon, Clelmonops, Coradion, Forcipiger, Hemitaurichthys, Heniochus, Johnrandallia, Parachaetodon, and Prognathodes.
Most of these fish reach an adult size of six inches in an aquarium, and they can grow to almost 12 inches in length in the wild.
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animal.discovery.com /guides/fish/marine/butterintro.html   (393 words)

  
 IngentaConnect Molecular phylogeny of gill monogeneans (Platyhelminthes, Monogen...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Plaisance, L., Littlewood, D. J., Olson, P. and Morand, S. Molecular phylogeny of gill monogeneans (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) and colonization of Indo-West Pacific butterflyfish hosts (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae).
We investigated the phylogenetic relationships among monogenean parasites of the Chaetodontidae (butterflyfishes) from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean.
Molecular phylogenies of selected taxa within the Dactylogyridae, including the ancyrocephaline parasites of butterflyfishes, based on two nuclear and one mitochondrial gene fragments (complete 18S rDNA, partial 28S rDNA (D1-D3), and partial 16S rDNA) were reconstructed using parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods.
www.ingentaconnect.com /content/bsc/zsc/2005/00000034/00000004/art00006   (270 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Chaetodontidae and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Amazon.co.uk: Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Chaetodontidae and Microcanthidae (Marine Fish Families): Books: Rudie H. Kuiter
Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Chaetodontidae and Microcanthidae (Marine Fish Families) (Hardcover)
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.
www.amazon.co.uk /Butterflyfishes-Bannerfishes-Their-Relatives-Chaetodontidae/dp/0953909735   (236 words)

  
 Field Museum Staff
Research on Evolution: Phylogeny and Biomechanics of Vertebrates
We are resolving phylogenetic relationships of the tropical, marine family Labridae (the wrasses), and beginning work on the Chaetodontidae (butterflyfishes).
Character analysis of labrid fishes is following a traditional morphological focus as well as molecular analysis of both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA.
fm1.fieldmuseum.org /aa/staff_page.cgi?staff=westneat   (245 words)

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