Edit the description's bibliography (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Edit the description's bibliography


Animalia: Bluespot Butterflyfish (species: Chaetodon plebeius)

References that assist with identification

  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Other references

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  • Berumen, M.L. (2006). Influence of resource availability on life-history traits in coral-feeding butterflyfishes (Pisces: Chaetodontidae), Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Australia. LIRS catalog number 987.
  • Berumen, M.L. and M.S. Pratchett (2006). Effects of resource availability on the competitive behaviour of butterflyfishes, "Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium". : 644-650. LIRS catalog number 1018.
  • Berumen, M.L. and M.S. Pratchett (2008). Trade-offs associated with dietary specialization in corallivorous butterflyfishes, Behaviour, Ecology and Sociobiology, 62: 989-994. LIRS catalog number 1142.
  • Berumen, M.L., M.S. Pratchett and M.I. McCormick (2005). Within-reef differences in diet and body condition of coral-feeding butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae), Marine Ecology Progress Series, 287: 217-227. LIRS catalog number 1019.
  • Blowes, S.A., M.S. Pratchett and S.R. Connolly (2013). Heterospecific aggression and dominance in a guild of coral-feeding fishes: the roles of dietary ecology and phylogeny. The American Naturalist, 182: 157-168. LIRS catalog number 1644.
  • Blowes, S.A., M.S. Pratchett and S.R. Connolly (2016). No change in subordinate butterflyfish diets following removal of behaviourally dominant species, Coral Reefs, doi 10.1007/s00338-016-1529-67. LIRS catalog number 2064.
  • Bostrom-Einarsson, L., M.C. Bonin, S. Moon and (2018). Environmental impact monitoring of household vinegar-injections to cull crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster spp. Ocean and Coastal Management, 155: 83-89. LIRS catalog number 2202.
  • Brandl, S.J. and D.R. Bellwood (2013). Morphology, sociality, and ecology: can morphology predict pairing behavior in coral reef fishes? Coral Reefs, 32: 835-836. LIRS catalog number 1718.
  • Caley, M.J. (1995). Community dynamics of tropical reef fishes: local patterns between latitudes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 129: 7-18. LIRS catalog number 447.
  • Cole, A.J., K.M. Chong-Seng, M.S. Pratchett and G.P. Jones (2009). Coral-feeding fishes slow progression of black-band disease, Coral Reefs, doi 10.1007: s00338-009. LIRS catalog number 1343.
  • Cole, A.J., R.J. Lawton, M.S. Pratchett and S.K. Wilson (2010). Chronic coral consumption by butterflyfishes, Coral Reefs, doi 1007: s00338-010. LIRS catalog number 1345.
  • Cole, A.J., R.J. Lawton, S.K. Wilson and M.S. Pratchett (2011). Consumption of tabular acroporid corals by reef fishes: a comparison with plant-herbivore interactions. Functional Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01935.x. LIRS catalog number 1465.
  • Cole, A.J. and M.S. Pratchett (2011). Effects of juvenile coral-feeding butterflyfishes on host corals. Coral Reefs, DOI 10.1007/s00338-011-0746-2. LIRS catalog number 1396.
  • Coles, A. (2011). The energetic costs of chronic fish predation on reef-building corals. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1516.
  • DeBusk, B.C., M. Slattery, J.-S. Ki, J.-S. Lee, R. Aparachio-Fabre and D. Schlenk (2008). Species differences and effects of soft coral extracts from Sinularia maximus on the expression of cytochrome P4501A and 2N in butterflyfishes (Chaetodon sp(p).), Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 34: 483-492. LIRS catalog number 1212.
  • Diaz, P.E., R.A. Bray, S.C. Cutmore, S. Ward and T.H. Cribb (2015). A complex of species related to Paradiscogaster glebulae (Digenea: Faustulidae) in chaetodontid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the Great Barrier Reef, Parasitology International, 64: 421-428. LIRS catalog number 1911.
  • Diaz, P.E., R.A. Bray and T.H. Cribb (2013). Paradiscogaster flindersi and P. oxleyi n. sp. (Digenea: Faustulidae): overlapping host and geographical distributions in corallivore chaetodontid fishes in the tropical Indo-west Pacific. Systematic Parasitology, 86: 87-99. LIRS catalog number 1723.
  • Downie, A.J., R.A. Bray, B.E.H. Jones and T.H. Cribb (2011). Taxonomy, host-specificity and biogeography of Symmetrovesicula Yamaguti, 1938 (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) from chaetodontids (Teleostei: Perciformes) in the tropical Indo-west Pacific region. Systematic Parasitology, 78: 1-18. LIRS catalog number 1391.
  • Ehrlich, P.R., F.H. Talbot, B.C. Russell and G.R.V. Anderson (1977). The behaviour of Chaetodontid fishes with special reference to Lorenz's "poster colouration" hypothesis, Journal of Zoology, London, 183: 213-228. LIRS catalog number 6.
  • Elliott, J.P. and D.R. Bellwood (2003). Alimentary tract morphology and diet in three coral reef fish families, Journal of Fish Biology, 63: 1598-1609. LIRS catalog number 876.
  • Eros, C.M. (1996). Acoustic repertoire in the territorial and courtship behaviour of Stegastes apicalis (Pomacentridae), M.Sc. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 497.
  • Fisher, R., J.M. Leis, D.L. Clark and S.K. Wilson (2005). Critical swimming speeds of late-stage coral reef fish larvae: variation within species, among species and between locations, Marine Biology, 147: 1202-1212. LIRS catalog number 934.
  • Gregson, M.A., M.S. Pratchett, M.L. Berumen and B.A. Goodman (2008). Relationships between butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae) feeding rates and coral consumption on the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Reefs, 27: 583-591. LIRS catalog number 1143.
  • Grutter, A.S. (1997). Effect of the removal of cleaner fish on the abundance and species composition of reef fish, Oecologia, 111: 137-143. LIRS catalog number 504.
  • Holbrook, S.J., R.J. Schmitt, V. Messmer, A.J. Brooks, M. Srinivasan, P.L. Munday and G.P. Jones (2015). Reef fishes in biodiversity hotspots are at greatest risk from loss of coral species, PLOS One, doi10.1371/journal.pone.0124054. LIRS catalog number 1915.
  • Jabbar, A., A. Asnoussi, L.J. Norbury, A. Eisenbarth, S. Shamsi, R.B. Gasser, A.L. Lopata and I. Beveridge (2012). Larval anisakid nematodes in teleost fishes from Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63: 1283-1299. LIRS catalog number 1584.
  • Lassig, B.R. (1981). Significance of the epidermal ichthyotoxic secretion of coral-dwelling gobies, Toxicon, 19(6): 729-735. LIRS catalog number 685.
  • Lassig, B.R. (1983). The effects of a cyclonic storm on coral reef assemblages, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 9(1): 55-63. LIRS catalog number 253.
  • Lawton, R.J., M.S. Pratchett and L.K. Bay (2010). Cross-species amplification of 44 microsatellite loci developed for Chaetodon trifascialis, C. lunulatus and C. vagabundus in 22 related butterflyfish species, Molecular Ecology Resources, doi: 10.1111/j1755-0998.2010.02919x. LIRS catalog number 1357.
  • Leis, J.M. (2004). Vertical distribution behaviour and its spatial variation in late-stage larvae of coral-reef fishes during the day, Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 37: 65-88. LIRS catalog number 858.
  • Leis, J.M. and B. Carson-Ewart (1997). In situ swimming speeds of the late pelagic larvae of some Indo-Pacific coral-reef fishes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 159: 165-174. LIRS catalog number 523.
  • Leis, J.M. and B.M. Carson-Ewart (2003). Orientation of pelagic larvae of coral-reef fishes in the ocean, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 252: 239-253. LIRS catalog number 779.
  • Leis, J.M., H.P.A. Sweatman and S.E. Reader (1996). What the pelagic stages of coral reef fishes are doing out in blue water: daytime field observations of larval behavioural capabilities, Marine and Freshwater Research, 47: 401-411. LIRS catalog number 470.
  • Leis, J.M. and R. Fisher (2006). Swimming speed of settlement-stage reef-fish larvae measured in the laboratory and in the field: a comparison of critical speed and in situ speed. "Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium". : 438-445. LIRS catalog number 1513.
  • Leis, J.M. and M.N. Yerman (2012). Behavior of larval butterflyfishes (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae) at settlement on coral reefs. Copeia, 2012 (2): 211-221. LIRS catalog number 1521.
  • McCormick, M.I., L. Makey and V. Dufour (2002). Comparative study of metamorphosis in tropical reef fishes, Marine Biology, 141: 841-853. LIRS catalog number 780.
  • McNamara, M.K.A., R.D. Adlard, R.A. Bray, P. Sasal and T.H. Cribb (2012). Monorchiids (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) of chaetodontid fishes (Perciformes): Biogeographical patterns in the tropical Indo-West Pacific. Parasitology International,, 61: 288-306. LIRS catalog number 1604.
  • Messmer, V. (2010). From genes to ecosystems: patterns, processes and consequences of declining biodiversity in coral reef fish communities. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1413.
  • Mitchell, M.D., M.I. McCormick, M.C.O. Ferrari and D.P. Chivers (2011). Coral reef fish rapidly learn to identify multiple unknown predators upon recruitment to the reef, PLoS ONE, 6: e15764. LIRS catalog number 1386.
  • Nicolet, K.J., K.M. Chong-Seng, M.S. Pratchett, B.L. Willis and M.O. Hoogenboom (2018). Predation scars may infuence host susceptibility to pathogens: evaluating the role of corallivores as vectors of coral disease. Scientific Reports,, 8: 5258. LIRS catalog number 2205.
  • Noble, M.M., M.S. Pratchett, D.J. Coker, C. Cvitanovic and C.J. Fulton (2014). Foraging in corallivorous butterflyfish varies with wave exposure, Coral Reefs, 33: 351-361. LIRS catalog number 1792.
  • Nowicki, J.P., L.A. O’Connell, P.F. Cowman, S.P.W. Walker, D.J. Coker and M.S. Pratchett (2018). Variation in social systems within Chaetodon butterflyfishes, with special reference to pair bonding. PLoS ONE, 13(4): e0194465. LIRS catalog number 2244.
  • Nowicki, J.P., M.S. Pratchett, S.P.W. Walker, D.J. Coker and L.A. O’Connell (2020). Gene expression correlates of social evolution in coral reef butterflyfishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1929): 20200239. LIRS catalog number 2461.
  • Pisapia, C., A.J. Cole and M.S. Pratchett (2012). Changing feeding preferences of butterflyfishes following coral bleaching. "Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July 2012". . LIRS catalog number 1575.
  • Pratchett, M.S. (1995). Spatial distribution, abundance and diet selection of butterflyfish (Pisces: Chaetodontidae), Honours thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 474.
  • Pratchett, M.S. (2001). Dynamics of outbreak populations of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci L.), and their effects on coral reef ecosystems, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Australia. LIRS catalog number 762.
  • Pratchett, M. (2005). Dietary overlap among coral-feeding butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 148: 373-382. LIRS catalog number 941.
  • Pratchett, M.S. (2007). Dietary selection by coral-feeding butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 14: 171-176. LIRS catalog number 1047.
  • Pratchett, M.S. and M.L. Berumen (2008). Interspecific variation in distributions and diets of coral reef butterflyfishes (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae), Journal of Fish Biology, 73: 1730-1747. LIRS catalog number 1205.
  • Pratchett, M.S., M.L. Berumen, M.J. Marnane, J.V. Eagle and D.J. Pratchett (2008). Habitat associations of juvenile versus adult butterflyfishes, Coral Reefs, 27: 541-551. LIRS catalog number 1141.
  • Pratchett, M.S., N. Gust, G. Goby and S.O. Klanten (2001). Consumption of coral propagules represents a significant trophic link between corals and reef fish, Coral Reefs, 20: 13-17. LIRS catalog number 676.
  • Richardson, L.E., N.A.J. Graham, M.S. Pratchett, J.G. Eurich and A.S. Hoey (2018). Mass coral bleaching causes biotic homogeniszation of reef fish assemblages. Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.14119. LIRS catalog number 2200.
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  • Stobutzki, I.C. (1997). Swimming abilities and orientation behaviour of pre-settlement coral reef fishes, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 490.
  • Stobutzki, I.C. (1998). Interspecific variation in sustained swimming ability of late pelagic stage reef fish from two families (Pomacentridae and Chaetodontidae), Coral Reefs, 17: 111-119. LIRS catalog number 539.
  • Sweatman, H.P.A. (1985). Habitat selection and the influence of resident humbug fishes, Dascyllus aruanus and D. reticulatus on recruitment, Ph.D. thesis, Macquarie University, Sydney. LIRS catalog number 249.
  • Sweatman, H.P.A. (1985). The influence of adults of some coral reef fishes on larval recruitment, Ecological Monographs, 55(4): 469-485. LIRS catalog number 175.
  • Sweatman, H. (1988). Field evidence that settling coral reef fish larvae detect resident fishes using dissolved chemical cues, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 124: 163-174. LIRS catalog number 361.
  • Syms, C. (1998). Disturbance and the structure of coral reef fish communities on the reef slope, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 230: 151-167. LIRS catalog number 556.
  • Syms, C. (1998). Habitat association, disturbance dynamics, and the role of spatial scale in structuring coral reef fish assemblages, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 533.
  • Thompson, C.A., S. Matthews, A.S. Hoey and M.S. Pratchett (2019). Changes in sociality of butterflyfishes linked to population declines and coral loss. Coral Reefs, 38: 527-537. LIRS catalog number 2328.
  • Wilson, D.T. (1995). The formation and ultrastructure of otolith settlement marks within a number of reef fish species, Honours thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 467.
  • Wilson, D.T. and M.I. McCormick (1997). Spatial and temporal validation of settlement-marks in the otoliths of tropical reef fishes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 153: 259-271. LIRS catalog number 560.