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

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

  • Bellwood, D.R., S. Klanten, P.F. Cowman, M.S. Pratchett, N. Konow and L. van Herwerden (2009). Evolutionary history of the butterflyfishes (f: Chaetodontidae) and the rise of coral feeding fishes, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, doi 10.1111: j1420-9101200901904x. LIRS catalog number 1348.
  • 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.
  • Cribb, T.H., R.D. Adlard, R.A. Bray, P. Sasal and S.C. Cutmore (2014). Biogeography of tropical Indo-West Pacific parasites: A cryptic species of Transversotrema and evidence for rarity of Transversotrematidae (Trematoda) in French Polynesia, Parasitology International, 63: 285-294. LIRS catalog number 1709.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Heemstra, P.C. (1986). Chaetodontidae in: Smith's sea fishes. 6 pp. Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra (Eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 627-632.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • McNamara, M.K.A. and T.H. Cribb (2011). Taxonomy, host specificity and dietary implications of Hurleytrematoides (Digenea: Monorchiidae) from chaetodontid fishes on the Great Barrier Reef. Parasitology International, 60: 255-269. LIRS catalog number 1715.
  • 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.
  • Puglisi, M.P., V.J. Paul and M. Slattery (2000). Biogeographic comparisons of chemical and structural defenses of the Pacific gorgonians Anella mollis and A. reticulata, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 207: 263-272. LIRS catalog number 631.
  • 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.
  • Webster, M.S. and G.R. Almany (2002). Positive indirect effects in a coral reef fish community, Ecology Letters, 5: 549-557. LIRS catalog number 741.