Chaetodon striatus

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 striatus

Species Authority:

Linnaeus, 1758

Common Name/s:

English	–	Banded Butterflyfish, Banded Butterflyfish, Banded Mariposa, Butterbun, Butterflyfish, Portugese Butterfly, School Mistress
French	–	Demoiselle
Spanish	–	Isabelita rayada, Mariposa, Maripose, Maripsoa rayada, Parche, Parche rayado

Synonym/s:

Anisochaetodon trivirgatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1936

Chaetodon consuelae Mowbray, 1928

Chaetodon striatus albipinnis Ahl, 1923

Chaetodon striatus dorsimacula Ahl, 1923

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Myers, R. & Rocha, L.A.
Reviewer/s:	Elfes, C., Polidoro, B., Livingstone, S. & Carpenter, K.E.
Contributor/s:
Justification: This is a wide ranging species that can be locally abundant. It is occasionally traded in aquarium shops, but given its wide range, harvesting for trade is not considered a major threat. It is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is widely distributed in the Caribbean from Florida and Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Strays north to Massachusetts (Allen 1980) and has been reported from the eastern Atlantic. Also recorded from Bermuda (Carpenter 2002). It is known from 2-55 m depth.
Countries:	Native: Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; Brazil; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Martinique; Mexico; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Panama; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; Venezuela; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – northwest; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – western central
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Population [top]

Population:	It is generally a common species throughout its range.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits rocky and coral reefs and can occur singly or in pairs. The diet is diverse, consisting of polychaete worms, coral polyps, crustaceans and mollusc eggs. Animals are monogamous (Whiteman and Côté 2004), forming pairs during breeding (Breder and Rosen 1966). Adults may form plankton-feeding aggregations of up to 20 individuals, and occasionally clean other reef fishes which join the group, such as grunts, parrotfishes and surgeon fishes (Sazima and Sazima 2001).
Systems:	Marine

Habitat and Ecology:

This species inhabits rocky and coral reefs and can occur singly or in pairs. The diet is diverse, consisting of polychaete worms, coral polyps, crustaceans and mollusc eggs. Animals are monogamous (Whiteman and Côté 2004), forming pairs during breeding (Breder and Rosen 1966). Adults may form plankton-feeding aggregations of up to 20 individuals, and occasionally clean other reef fishes which join the group, such as grunts, parrotfishes and surgeon fishes (Sazima and Sazima 2001).

Systems:

Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No apparent major threats.

Major Threat(s):

No apparent major threats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	In view of the species' wide range, populations are present within several marine protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

In view of the species' wide range, populations are present within several marine protected areas.

Citation:	Myers, R. & Rocha, L.A. 2010. Chaetodon striatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 May 2013.
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