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Chaetodontidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 169554

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): butterflyfishes [English]
  
    peces mariposa [Spanish]
  
    poissons-papillons [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilyChaetodontidae  – butterflyfishes, peces mariposa, poissons-papillons  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Genus Amphichaetodon Burgess, 1978  
                                     Genus Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758 – butterflyfishes 
                                     Genus Chaetodontops Bleeker, 1876  
                                     Genus Chelmon Cloquet, 1817  
                                     Genus Chelmonops Bleeker, 1876  
                                     Genus Coradion Kaup, 1860  
                                     Genus Forcipiger Jordan and McGregor in Jordan and Evermann, 1898  
                                     Genus Hemitaurichthys Bleeker, 1876  
                                     Genus Heniochus Cuvier, 1816  
                                     Genus Johnrandallia Nalbant, 1974  
                                     Genus Parachaetodon Bleeker, 1874  
                                     Genus Peterscottia Nalbant, 1991  
                                     Genus Prognathodes Gill, 1862  
                                     Genus Roa Jordan, 1923  
       
                                   FamilyChaetodontidae  incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                     Species Chaetodon marginatus Lichtenstein, 1823  
                                     Species Chaetodon vitulus Whitley, 1957  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Chaetodontidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chaetodontidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: butterflyfishes[English], peces mariposa [Spanish], poissons-papillons [French]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chaetodontidae   
       

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