Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Fourspot Butterflyfish

Chaetodon quadrimaculatus is commonly referred to as Fourspot Butterflyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 900 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 454
AphiaID:: 273356

Scientific:: Chaetodon quadrimaculatus
German:: Vierflecken-Falterfisch
English:: Fourspot Butterflyfish

Category:: Рыбы - Бабочки

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Chaetodon (Genus) > quadrimaculatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Gray, 1831

Occurrence:: Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Kiribati, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Rangiroa, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands, the Society Islands, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Wake Atoll
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 43 Meter
Habitats:: Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 5.91" - 6.3" (15cm - 16cm)
Temperature:: 24,7 °F - 29,4 °F (24,7°C - 29,4°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous
Tank:: 197.98 gal (~ 900L)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Chaetodon sp.
Falterfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-05 11:49:50
Last edit:: 2025-06-13 13:20:58

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Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray, 1831

Synonymised names
Chaetodon quadromaculatus Gray, 1831 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Heterochaetodon lepidochaetodon quadrimaculatus (Gray, 1831) · unaccepted (senior synonym)

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FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Huahine, Gesellschaftsinseln, Französisch-Polynesien

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Hiroyuki Tanaka
@Hiroyuki Tanaka

am 01.06.05#1

Western Pacific; 16 cm; common
Very common in Hawaii, rare in southern Japan but common in Ogasawara and Oceania; I saw a large adult pair in only 3-4 meters off the beach line in Hanauma May, Oahu; hardy and easily accepted

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