Chaetodon rainfordi

Chaetodon rainfordi is a species of marine angelfish with a range restricted to Papua New Guinea, the Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe Island.[1] Greater than 50% of its distribution is within the protected waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.[1] There has been a significant population decline of C. rainfordi in the Great Barrier Reef due to extensive coral loss, its primary food source.[1] It inhabits coastal and offshore reefs at depths of 5–20 metres (16–66 ft).[1]

Rainford's butterflyfish

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Chaetodontidae
Genus:
Chaetodon
Subgenus:
Discochaetodon
Species:
C. rainfordi
Binomial name
Chaetodon rainfordi
McCulloch, 1923

References
  1. Myers, R. & Pratchett, M., 2010. Chaetodon rainfordi. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 April 2017.
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