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Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage, 1880

Black-spotted butterflyfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes)
Etymology: Chaetodon: Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Sauvage.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 15 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula south to tropical East Africa.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11441)

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Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 23; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 18 - 20.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in coral reefs, solitary or paired. Home-ranging. Feed at least partially on coral polyps (Ref. 9710). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205). Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884).

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Burgess, W.E., 1978. Butterflyfishes of the world. A monograph of the Family Chaetodontidae. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 4855)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 October 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.2 - 29.2, mean 27.4 °C (based on 428 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02399 (0.01371 - 0.04198), b=2.99 (2.84 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.36 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 121 [62, 198] mg/100g; Iron = 0.899 [0.510, 1.535] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [17.6, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.118 [0.068, 0.200] g/100g; Selenium = 27.3 [14.4, 54.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 52.6 [15.6, 175.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.48 [0.96, 2.19] mg/100g (wet weight);