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Common names: Alibang-bang, Boray-boray, Kulibangbang
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4855, 11230, 43239.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rau, N. and A. Rau, 1980
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes)
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Common names from other countries

Modest butterflyfish, Butterflyfish, 朴蝴蝶鱼, ... more

Main reference

Burgess, W.E. 1978. (Ref. 4855)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 40 - 250 m (Ref. 90102), usually ? - 110 m (Ref. 90102)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Pacific: subtropical waters of Japan, ranging south into the China Seas, Taiwan and the Philippines.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-23; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 16 - 19.

Inhabit deep rocky reefs, generally between 120-190 m in the tropics (Ref. 9710), in the East Indies usually found below 110 m (Ref. 90102). Found in shallow, muddy open substrates with outcrops of reef or debris in sub-tropical waters (Ref. 48636). Often in aggregations (Ref. 9710). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.37 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (13 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Chaetodon modestus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844