Chaetodon marleyi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CHAETODONTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Chaetodon marleyi

Species Authority:

Regan, 1921

Common Name/s:

English

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Doublesash Butterflyfish, Doubledash Butterflyfish, Marley's Butterflyfish

Synonym/s:

Chaetodon notophthalmus Ahl, 1923

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

1996

Assessor/s:

Rocha, L.A., Pyle, R. & Myers, R.

Reviewer/s:

Elfes, C., Polidoro, B., Livingstone, S. & Carpenter, K.E.

Justification:

Listed as Least Concern in view of its presence in marine protected areas and no apparent major threats.

History:

1996

–

Vulnerable (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This western Indian Ocean species ranges from Delagoa Bay (Mozambique) in the north to Lamberts Bay (South Africa) in the south (G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006). It has been collected at depths of up to120 m.
Countries:	Native: Mozambique; South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape Province)
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – southeast; Indian Ocean – western
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Population [top]

Population:	It is generally common with stable populations (G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is generally associated with rocky and coral covered reefs, but has also been recorded from shallow tidal pools and estuaries where it lives among macroalgae (Allen 1980, G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006).
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There appear to be no major threats to this species (G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006).

Major Threat(s):

There appear to be no major threats to this species (G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There appear to be no species-specific conservation measures in place. This species is present within marine protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

There appear to be no species-specific conservation measures in place. This species is present within marine protected areas.

Bibliography [top]

	Allen, G.R. 1980. Butterfly and angelfishes of the world. Wiley, New York. Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Burgess, W.E. 1978. Butterflyfishes of the world. A monograph of the Family Chaetodontidae. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. Hudson, E. and Mace, G. 1996. Marine fish and the IUCN red list of threatened animals. Report of the workshop held in collaboration with World Wildlife Federation and International Union for Conservation in Nature at the Zoological Society of London. IUCN, London, UK. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010). Pereira, M.A.M. 2000. Preliminary Checklist of Reef-associated Fishes of Mozambique. MICOA, Maputo. van der Elst, R. 1993. A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa.

Allen, G.R. 1980. Butterfly and angelfishes of the world. Wiley, New York.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

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

Hudson, E. and Mace, G. 1996. Marine fish and the IUCN red list of threatened animals. Report of the workshop held in collaboration with World Wildlife Federation and International Union for Conservation in Nature at the Zoological Society of London. IUCN, London, UK.

IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).

Pereira, M.A.M. 2000. Preliminary Checklist of Reef-associated Fishes of Mozambique. MICOA, Maputo.

van der Elst, R. 1993. A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa.

Citation:	Roberts, C. 1996. Chaetodon marleyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2012.
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