Chaetodon kleinii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CHAETODONTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Chaetodon kleinii

Species Authority:

Bloch, 1790

Common Name/s:

English	–	Blacklip Butterflyfish, Brown Butterflyfish, Klein's Butterfly, Klein's Butterflyfish, Klein’s Butterfly Fish, Klein's Coralfish, Sunburst Butterflyfish, Sunburst Butterflyfish , Whitespotted Butterflyfish, Yellowspot Butterflyfish
French	–	Chétodon de klein, Papillon jaune
Spanish	–	Mariposa de barra penumbre

Synonym/s:

Anisochaetodon kleinii (Bloch, 1790)

Chaetodon bellulus Thiollière, 1857

Chaetodon cingulatus Fowler, 1934

Chaetodon corallicola Snyder, 1904

Chaetodon flavescens Bennett, 1831

Chaetodon kleini Bloch, 1790

Chaetodon melammystax Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Chaetodon melastomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Chaetodon virescens Cuvier, 1831

Choetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790

Tetragonoptrus kleini (Bloch, 1790)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Rocha, L.A., Pyle, R., Myers, R., Craig, M.T. & Pratchett, M.
Reviewer/s:	Elfes, C., Polidoro, B., Livingstone, S. & Carpenter, K.E.
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, large population and no apparent major threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is widely distributed throughout most of the Indo-Pacific region, from coastal East Africa to central and western Pacific, including the Hawaiian Islands and Rapa Iti to the east, extending northwards to southern Japan and south to Lord Howe Island (Australia). Vagrants are occasionally seen in the eastern Pacific and at the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) (G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006). Occurs at depths from 2-61 m but usually below 10 m. Range size ~66.2 million km², from values estimated by Jones et al. (2002) based on projection of distribution maps from Allen et al. (1998).
Countries:	Native: American Samoa (American Samoa); Australia; China; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Comoros; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; India (Andaman Is., Nicobar Is.); Indonesia; Japan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, Republic of; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Mayotte; Micronesia, Federated States of; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Réunion; Samoa; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Wallis and Futuna
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Indian Ocean – eastern; Indian Ocean – western; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – western central
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Population [top]

Population:	It is generally common with stable populations (G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006). It is common in New Guinea and Queensland (Australia) (Steene 1978). This species was not observed during a recent survey conducted at the Galapagos Archipelago (Edgar et al. 2004). Common species: mean of 0.87 individuals per 200 m² in northern Great Barrier Reef (Pratchett and Berumen 2008).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is associated with rocky reefs and coral-rich areas (sometimes interspersed with sandy bottoms) of lagoons, channels and outer reef slopes. Occurs singly, in pairs, or occasionally in larger aggregations of up to about 30 individuals (Myers 1991), sometimes high in the water column. It is a facultative corallivore, feeding on hard and soft corals, as well as algae, hydroids and zooplankton.
Systems:	Marine

Habitat and Ecology:

This species is associated with rocky reefs and coral-rich areas (sometimes interspersed with sandy bottoms) of lagoons, channels and outer reef slopes. Occurs singly, in pairs, or occasionally in larger aggregations of up to about 30 individuals (Myers 1991), sometimes high in the water column. It is a facultative corallivore, feeding on hard and soft corals, as well as algae, hydroids and zooplankton.

Systems:

Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There appear to be no major threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

There appear to be no major threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

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

Conservation Actions:

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

Citation:	Rocha, L.A., Pyle, R., Myers, R., Craig, M.T. & Pratchett, M. 2010. Chaetodon kleinii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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