Millet butterflyfish
| Millet Butterflyfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodon (but see text) |
| Subgenus: | Exornator |
| Species: | C. miliaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 | |
The Millet Butterflyfish, Chaetodon miliaris,[1] is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae).
In its subgenus Exornator it probably belongs to a group that also includes the African Butterflyfish (C. dolosus), the Crochet Butterflyfish (C. guentheri) and the Reef Butterflyfish (C. sedentarius). The Crochet Butterflyfish might be the closest living relative of C. miliaris. If the genus Chaetodon is split up, Exornator might become a subgenus of Lepidochaetodon.[2]
This fish is endemic to the Hawaiian islands.
Footnotes
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Chaetodon miliaris" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ Fessler & Westneat 2007
References
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- Fessler, Jennifer L.; Westneat, Mark W. (2007). "Molecular phylogenetics of the butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae): Taxonomy and biogeography of a global coral reef fish family.". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45 (1): 50–68. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.018. PMID 17625921.
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