Yellow-dotted Butterflyfish
Chaetodon selene
The Yellow-dotted Butterflyfish, ''Chaetodon selene'', is a poorly known fish species which has been recorded in the Indo-Pacific region from Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Taiwan and Japan.
It grows to a maximum of 16 cm long. The body is mainly white, with a series of yellow dots running at diagonal lines over the sides . A black band extends from the caudal peduncle along the bases of the dorsal and anal fins. There is a narrow black eyestripe edged with yellow.
''C. selene'' belongs to the large subgenus ''Rabdophorus'', which might warrant recognition as a distinct genus. In this group, it appears a somewhat distant relative of the Black-backed Butterflyfish and the Spot-tailed Butterflyfish . They are all of oval shape, silvery with yellow fins and snout, ascending diagonal stripes , and black markings around the eyes, on the caudal peduncle, and sometimes on the back. Next closest seem the Saddle Butterflyfish and the Dotted Butterflyfish , but these are already so distant that their ancestors are thought to have diverged from those soon after the ''Rabdophorus'' lineage started to diversify.
The Yellow-dotted Butterflyfish is found on coastal reefs, primarily on rubble slopes from 8–50 metres in depth. It feeds on benthic invertebrates.
It grows to a maximum of 16 cm long. The body is mainly white, with a series of yellow dots running at diagonal lines over the sides . A black band extends from the caudal peduncle along the bases of the dorsal and anal fins. There is a narrow black eyestripe edged with yellow.
''C. selene'' belongs to the large subgenus ''Rabdophorus'', which might warrant recognition as a distinct genus. In this group, it appears a somewhat distant relative of the Black-backed Butterflyfish and the Spot-tailed Butterflyfish . They are all of oval shape, silvery with yellow fins and snout, ascending diagonal stripes , and black markings around the eyes, on the caudal peduncle, and sometimes on the back. Next closest seem the Saddle Butterflyfish and the Dotted Butterflyfish , but these are already so distant that their ancestors are thought to have diverged from those soon after the ''Rabdophorus'' lineage started to diversify.
The Yellow-dotted Butterflyfish is found on coastal reefs, primarily on rubble slopes from 8–50 metres in depth. It feeds on benthic invertebrates.
