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Taxon: Subfamily Chaetodontinae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Rafinesque, 1815)

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Chaetodontidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (14 Mar 2025).
Type: Chaetodon (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Sep 2025; 13 Sep 2025. [inferred]

Variants

Current rank: Chaetodontidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: butterflyfishes Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (14 Mar 2025).
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