FAMILY Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1810 – butterflyfishes GENUS Amphichaetodon Burgess, 1978 [=Amphichaetodon Burgess [W. E.] 1978:286] Notes: [Butterflyfishes of the World; ref. 700] Masc. Amphichaetodon melbae Burgess & Caldwell 1978. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Johnrandallia Nalbant 1974 -- (Maugé & Bauchot 1984:463 [ref. 6614]). •Valid as Amphichaetodon Burgess 1978 -- (Nalbant 1986:169 [ref. 6135], Pyle 2001:3226 [ref. 26117], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Allen et al. 2006:1288 [ref. 29090], Trnski 2015:1300 [ref. 34198]). Current status: Valid as Amphichaetodon Burgess 1978. Chaetodontidae Species Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903) [=Chaetodon howensis Waite [E. R.] 1903:33, Fig. 2] Notes: [Records of the Australian Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 15049] Lord Howe Island. Current status: Valid as Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite 1903). Chaetodontidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Amphichaetodon melbae Burgess & Caldwell, 1978 [=Amphichaetodon melbae Burgess [W. E.] & Caldwell [D. K.] in Burgess 1978:291, Figs., Chaetodon chilensis Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1264] Notes: [Butterflyfishes of the World; ref. 700] Isla San Félix, off Chile. Current status: Valid as Amphichaetodon melbae Burgess & Caldwell 1978. Chaetodontidae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Easter Island and San Feliix Islands off Chile. Habitat: marine. (chilensis) [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Chile. Current status: Synonym of Amphichaetodon melbae Burgess & Caldwell 1978. Chaetodontidae. Habitat: marine. GENUS Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758 [=Chaetodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:272, Anisochaetodon (subgenus of Chaetodon) Klunzinger [C. B.] 1884:54, Apporetochaetodon (subgenus of Chaetodon) Maugé [A. L.] & Bauchot [R.] 1984:171, Aspilurochaetodon (subgenus of Rabdophorus) Maugé [A. L.] & Bauchot [R.] 1984:469, Burgessius (subgenus of Heterochaetodon) Maugé [A. L.] & Bauchot [R.] 1984:475, Byssochaetodon (subgenus of Chaetodon) Maugé [A. L.] & Bauchot [R.] 1984:171, Chaetodontops (subgenus of Tetragonoptrus) Bleeker [P.] 1876:305, Citharoedus Kaup [J. J.] 1860:136, 141, Corallochaetodon (subgenus of Chaetodon) Burgess [W. E.] 1978:474, Discochaetodon (subgenus of Chaetodon) Nalbant [T. T.] 1971:222, Eteira Kaup [J. J.] 1860:137, 147, Exornator (subgenus of Chaetodon) Nalbant [T. T.] 1971:215, Gonochaetodon (subgenus of Tetragonoptrus) Bleeker [P.] 1876:306, Hemichaetodon (subgenus of Tetragonoptrus) Bleeker [P.] 1876:305, Heminigellus Nalbant [T. T.] 1984:239, Heterochaetodon Maugé [A. L.] & Bauchot [R.] 1984:474, Lepidochaetodon (subgenus of Tetragonoptrus) Bleeker [P.] 1876:306, Linophora Kaup [J. J.] 1860:137, 155, Loa Jordan [D. S.] 1921:652, Megaprotodon Guichenot [A.] 1848:12, Mesochaetodon Maugé [A. L.] & Bauchot [R.] 1984:476, Nalbantius Maugé [A. L.] & Bauchot [R.] 1984:465, Nesochaetodon (subgenus of Mesochaetodon) Maugé [A. L.] & Bauchot [R.] 1984:478, Osteochromis Franz [V.] 1910:52, Oxychaetodon (subgenus of Tetragonoptrus) Bleeker [P.] 1876:306, Paracanthochaetodon Schmidt [P. J.] & Lindberg [G. U.] 1930:469, Rabdophorus (subgenus of Chaetodon) Swainson [W.] 1839:170, 211, Sarothrodus Gill [T. N.] 1861:99, Rhombochaetodon (subgenus of Chaetodon) Burgess [W. E.] 1978:390, Roaops Maugé [A. L.] & Bauchot [R.] 1984:476, Strongylochaetodon (subgenus of Mesochaetodon) Maugé [A. L.] & Bauchot [R.] 1984:477, Tetrachaetodon (subgenus of Chaetodon) Weber [M.] & de Beaufort [L. F.] 1936:53, 56, Tetragonopterus Bleeker [P.] 1863:234, Tetragonoptrus Klein [J. T.] 1776:153, Tetragonoptrus Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Klein) 1792:342, Tholichthys Günther [A.] 1868:457, Tifia Jordan [D. S.] in Jordan & Jordan 1922:60] Notes: [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Masc. Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:614 [ref. 2476]. Chetodon of Bonnaterre 1788:79 [ref. 4940] and Rafinesque 1815:83 [ref. 3584] are incorrect subsequent spellings. Misspelled Choetodon by Anonymous [Cabrera, Pérez & Haenseler] 1817:4 [ref. 17319], see Graells 1887:178 [ref. 30438]. •Valid as Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:422 [ref. 7193], Burgess 1978:653 [ref. 700], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:183 [ref. 6441], Maugé & Bauchot 1984:470 [ref. 6614], Nalbant in Whitehead et al. 1986:914 [ref. 13676], Heemstra 1986:627 [ref. 5660], Nalbant 1986:169 [ref. 6135], Gomon et al. 1994:625 [ref. 22532], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:389 [ref. 24550], Pyle 2001:3226 [ref. 26117], Burgess 2003:1664 [ref. 27101], Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125] with subgenera, Parin 2003:S15 [ref. 28536], Allen et al. 2006:1288 [ref. 29090], Craig et al. 2008:159 [ref. 29754], Allen & Gomon 2008:608 [ref. 30653], Parin et al. 2014:376 [ref. 33547], Trnski 2015:1301 [ref. 34198], Motomura et al. 2017:167 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:234 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae. (Anisochaetodon) [Die Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 2625] Masc. Chaetodon auriga Forsskål 1775. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1898:1672 [ref. 2444]. •Objective synonym of Linophora Kaup 1860. •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758, subgenus Rabdophorus Swainson 1839 -- (Burgess 1978:578 [ref. 700]). •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Anisochaetodon based on placement of type species -- (Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae. (Apporetochaetodon) [Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Ser. 4: Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 6614] Masc. Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage 1880. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758, in subgenus Rabdophorus based on placement of type species -- (Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae. (Aspilurochaetodon) [Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Ser. 4: Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 6614] Masc. Chaetodon selene Bleeker 1853. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae. (Burgessius) [Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Ser. 4: Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 6614] Masc. Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard 1825. Type by original designation. Maugé & Bauchot included this subgenus in their new genus Heterochaetodon, including also Lepidochaetodon Bleeker 1876 as a subgenus; but Lepidochaetodon has priority over Heterochaetodon at the generic level. Type species needs research. •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758 based on placement of type species -- (Smith et al. 2003:304 [ref. 27125]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae. (Byssochaetodon) [Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Ser. 4: Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 6614] Masc. Chaetodon robustus Günther 1860. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae. (Chaetodontops) [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 11; ref. 448] Masc. Chaetodon collare Bloch 1787. Type by original designation (also monotypic in ref. 448). Also appeared in Bleeker 1876:313 [ref. 451] and in 1876:Pl. 374 [ref. 6835] (earliest not determined). •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Chaetodontops as described -- (Burgess 1978:518 [ref. 700]). •Valid as Chaetodontops Bleeker 1876 -- (Maugé & Bauchot 1984:467 [ref. 6614]). •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758, subgenus Rabdophorus -- (Smith et al. 2003:303 [ref. 27125]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae. (Citharoedus) [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 26 (no. 1); ref. 2583] Masc. Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently designated first by Bleeker 1876:305 [ref. 448], not ornatissimus as given by Jordan 1919:297 [ref. 4904]. •Valid as Citharoedus Kaup 1860 -- (Maugé & Bauchot 1984:466 [ref. 6614]). •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Citharoedus -- (Burgess 1978:498 [ref. 700], Smith et al. 2003:305 [ref. 27125]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae. (Corallochaetodon) [Butterflyfishes of the World; ref. 700] Masc. Chaetodon trifasciatus Park 1797. Type by original designation. Corallochaetodon has priority over Mesochaetodon at the generic level. •Wrongly treated as a synonym of Mesochaetodon Maugé & Bauchot 1984, but as a valid subgenus Corallochaetodon -- (Maugé & Bauchot 1984:477 [ref. 6614]). •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Corallochaetodon as described -- (Smith et al. 2003:305 [ref. 27125]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae. (Discochaetodon) [Steenstrupia v. 1 (no. 20); ref. 6642] Masc. Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch 1787. Type by original designation. •Valid as Discochaetodon Nalbant 1971 -- (Maugé & Bauchot 1984:466 [ref. 6614]). •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Discochaetodon as described -- (Burgess 1978:641 [ref. 700], Smith et al. 2003:305 [ref. 27125]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae. (Eteira) [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 26 (no. 1); ref. 2583] Fem. Chaetodon triangularis Rüppell 1829. Type by subsequent designation.