Parachaetodon ocellatus

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Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Use and Trade

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Perciformes	Chaetodontidae

Scientific Name:

Parachaetodon ocellatus

Species Authority:

(Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name(s):

English

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Eye-spot Butterflyfish, False Batfish, Ocellate Coralfish, Ocellated Coral, Sixspine Butterflyfish, Sixspine Butterflyfish

Synonym(s):

Chaetodon oligacanthus Bleeker, 1850

Chaetodon townleyi De Vis, 1884

Parachaetodon osceillatus (Cuvier, 1831)

Platax ocellatus Cuvier, 1831

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Date Assessed:	2009-10-06
Assessor(s):	Rocha, L.A., Allen, G. & Myers, R.
Reviewer(s):	Elfes, C., Polidoro, B., Livingstone, S. & Carpenter, K.E.
Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its relatively wide distribution, there are no major threats and because the population is unlikely to be declining.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:

This Indo-Pacific species is distributed from India and Sri Lanka eastward throughout the Indo-Malayan region northward to the Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (= Bonin) (Japan), Fiji, southward to the Great Barrier Reef and New South Wales (Australia) (Pyle 2001, G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006). It is found at depths of 3-95 m.

Countries occurrence:

Native:

Australia; Cambodia; Fiji; India; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Myanmar; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam

FAO Marine Fishing Areas:

Native:

Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – western central

Additional data:

♦ Lower depth limit (metres):	95
♦ Upper depth limit (metres):	3

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Population [top]

Population:

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

Current Population Trend:

Stable

Additional data:

♦ Population severely fragmented:	No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is found in coastal and inner reef habitats, often in sandy or silty flat-bottom areas littered with sponge growth. Animals are sometimes found among seagrass. Generally occurs in pairs. Feeds on small benthic invertebrates and possibly sponges (G.R. Allen pers. comm. 2006).
Systems:	Marine

Use and Trade [top]

Use and Trade:	Almost never exported through the aquarium trade (Pyle 2001). It is difficult to maintain in an aquarium (Steene 1978).

Use and Trade:

Almost never exported through the aquarium trade (Pyle 2001). It is difficult to maintain in an aquarium (Steene 1978).

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 believed to be present within a number of marine protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

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

Citation:	Rocha, L.A., Allen, G. & Myers, R. 2010. Parachaetodon ocellatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T165661A6083782. . Downloaded on 25 June 2017.
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