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Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867

Zanzibar butterflyfish
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Chaetodon zanzibarensis   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Tanzania country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Relatively common on certain reefs near the city of Dar es Salaam. Also occurs in Zanzibar (Ref. 5372) and Mafia Island Marine Park (Ref. 51015).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.isp.msu.edu/AFRICANSTUDIES/PLEA/TAFIRI.HTM
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes)
Etymology: Chaetodon: Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

marien rifbewoner; diepte 3 - 40 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical; - 30°S

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