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

Edit the description's bibliography


Animalia: Threadfin Butterflyfish (species: Chaetodon auriga)

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

  • Arnal, C. (2000). Ecologie comportementale de la symbiose poisson nettoyeur/ poisson client: motivations et honnêteté, Ph.D. thesis, University of Perpignan, France. LIRS catalog number 637.
  • 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., 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.
  • Booth, D.J. and K. Parkinson (2011). Pelagic larval duration is similar across 23 degrees of latitude for two species of butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae) in eastern Australia. Coral Reefs, doi: 10.1007/s00338-011-0815-6. LIRS catalog number 1431.
  • 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. (1991). Mechanisms of coexistence in communities of coral-reef fishes, Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. LIRS catalog number 307.
  • 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.
  • Caley, M.J. (1995). Reef fish community structure and dynamics: in interaction between local and larger-scale processes? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 129: 19-29. LIRS catalog number 448.
  • Ceccarelli, D.M., M.J. Emslie and Z.T. Richards (2016). Post-disturbance stability of fish assemblages measured at coarse taxonomic resolution masks change at finer scales. PLOS One, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156232. LIRS catalog number 1971.
  • Coker, D.J. (2012). The importance of live coral habitat for reef fishes and its role in key ecological processes. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1529.
  • Coker, D.J., N.A.J. Graham and M.S. Pratchett (2012). Interactive effects of live coral and structural complexity on the recruitment of reef fishes. Coral Reefs, 31: 919-927. LIRS catalog number 1563.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Findley, J.S. and M.T. Findley (2001). Global, regional, and local patterns in species richness and abundance of butterflyfishes, Ecological Monographs, 71: 69-91. LIRS catalog number 90041.
  • 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.
  • Grutter, A.S. and R. Poulin (1998). Intraspecific and interspecific relationships between host size and the abundance of parasitic larval gnathiid isopods on coral reef fishes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 164: 263-271. LIRS catalog number 544.
  • Hemingson, C.R. and D.R. Bellwood (2020). Greater multihabitat use in Caribbean fishes when compared to their Great Barrier Reef counterparts. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 239: 106748. LIRS catalog number 2418.
  • Hoey, A.S. (2010). The ecosystem role of macroalgal browsing fishes on coral reefs. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1415.
  • 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.
  • Kulbicki, M., Y.M. Bozec and A. Green (2005). Implications of biogeography in the use of butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) as indicators for Western and Central Pacific areas, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 15: S109-S126. LIRS catalog number 90042.
  • 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. (2011). Geographic variation in ecology of coral feeding butterflyfishes and resilience to large scale disturbances. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1522.
  • 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.
  • Lawton, R.J. and M.S. Pratchett (2012). Influence of dietary specialization and resource availability on geographical variation in abundance of butterflyfish. Ecology and Evolution, 2(7): 1347-1361. LIRS catalog number 1543.
  • 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 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.
  • Maldonado, A., J. Nowicki, M.S. Pratchett and D. Schlenk (2019). Differences in diet and biotransformation enzymes of coral reef butterflyfishes between Australia and Hawaii. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, 216: 109. LIRS catalog number 2336.
  • 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.
  • Plaisance, L., S. Bouamer and S. Morand (2004). Description and redescription of Haliotrema species (Monogenoidea: Poloyonchoinea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing butterfly fishes (Teleost: Chaetodontidae) in the Indo-west Pacific Ocean, Parasitology Research, 93: 72-78. LIRS catalog number 1166.
  • 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. 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., S.A. Blowes, D. Coker, E. Kubacki, J. Nowicki and A. S. Hoey (2014). Indirect benefits of high coral cover for non-corallivorous butterflyfishes, Coral Reefs,, doi 10.1007/s00338-014-1254-y. LIRS catalog number 1843.
  • 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.
  • Pratchett, M.S., S.K. Wilson and A.H. Baird (2006). Declines in the abundance of Chaetodon butterflyfishes following extensive coral depletion, Journal of Fish Biology, 69: 1269-1280. LIRS catalog number 90043.
  • 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.
  • Samways, M.J. (2005). Breakdown of butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae) territories associated with the onset of a mass coral bleaching event, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 15: S101-S107. LIRS catalog number 90044.
  • Smit, N.J., A.S. Grutter, R.D. Adlard and A.J. Davies (2006). Hematozoa of teleosts from Lizard Island, Australia, with some comments on their possible mode of transmission and the description of a new hemogregarine species, Journal of Parasitology, 92: 778-788. LIRS catalog number 991.
  • 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.
  • Syms, C. and G.P. Jones (2001). Soft corals exert no direct effects on coral reef fish assemblages, Oecologia, 127: 560-571. LIRS catalog number 655.
  • 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. (2002). Role of predators in the early post-settlement demography of coral-reef fishes, Oecologia, 131: 52-60. LIRS catalog number 731.
  • 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.
  • 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 (1999). Microstructure of settlement-marks in the otoliths of tropical reef fishes, Marine Biology, 134: 29-41. LIRS catalog number 596.