Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Acanthomorpha - Chaetodontidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Chaetodontidae according to G. Carnevale 2006
See also Arambourg 1927, Danil'chenko 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocaetodon, Centropyge, Chaetodon penniger, Chelmo, Chelmon, Holocentroides, Pomacanthus
Subtaxa: Chaetodon (Arambourgchaetodon) Chaetodon haplodon
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Algeria (5)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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