Table 1 Taxonomic placement of butterfl yfi shes, morphology of the Laterophysic Connection
(LC variants, see Sect. 2.1 ), and feeding habit of Chaetodon species
Species
a
Subgenus
b
LC Var.
c
Feeding habit
Clade 1
C. robustus
Clade 2
C. tinkeri
Roaops
Ind3
C. argentatus
Exornator
?
Omnivore
d
C. fremblii
Exornator
Ind2
Omnivore
d
C. blackburnii
Exornator
?
C. citrinellus
Exornator
Ind2
Corallivore
d
Omnivore
d
C. quadrimaculatus
Exornator
Ind2
Corallivore
e
Omnivore
d
C. miliaris
Exornator
Ind2
Planktivore
d
C. santaehelenae
Exornator
?
C. sedentarius
Exornator
Ind2
C. multicinctus
Exornator
Ind2
Corallivore
e
C. interruptus
Lepidochaetdon
?
Corallivore
e
C. unimacualtus
Lepidochaetodon
Ind1
Corallivore
e
C. kleinii
Lepidochaetodon
Ind1
Planktivore
d
Clade 3
C. aureofasciatus
Discochaetodon
Dir1
Corallivore
e
C. rainfordi
Discochaetodon
Dir1
Corallivore
e
Parach-aetodon ocellatus
Megaprototon
f
?
C. baronessa
Gonochaetodon
Dir1
Corallivore
e
C. bennetti
Tetrachaetodon
Dir2
Corallivore
e
C. plebeius
Tetrachaetodon
Dir2
Corallivore
e
C. tricinctus
Discochaetodon
?
Corallivore
d
C trifascialis
Megachaetodon
Dir2
Corallivore
e
C. lunulatus
Corallochaetodon
?
Corallivore
e
C. trifasciatus
Corallochaetodon
Ind2
Corallivore
e
C. meyeri
Citharoedus
Ind4
Corallivore
e
C. ornatissimus
Citharoedus
Ind3
Corallivore
e
C. reticulatus
Citharoedus
?
Corallivore
e
Clade 4
C. auriga
Rhabdophorus
Dir1
Omnivore
d
C. auripes
Rhabdophorus
?
Corallivore
d
C. collare
Rhabdophorus
?
Corallivore
d
C. lunula
Rhabdophorus
?
Omnivore
d
C .lineolatus
Rhabdophorus
?
Omnivore
d
C. ulietensis
Rhabdophorus
?
Omnivore
d
C. ephippium
Rhabdophorus
Dir1
Omnivore
d
C. capistratus
Chaetodon
?
Corallivore
d
C. striatus
–
Dir1
Corallivore
d
Omnivore
d
C. humeralis
Chaetodon
?
Omnivore
d
C. ocellatus
Chaetodon
Ind2
C. melannotus
Rhabdophorus
–
Corallivore
f
a
Placement of species in Chaetodon clades (1–4) is based on Bellwood et al. ( 2010 )
b
Subgeneric placement is from Smith et al. ( 2003 )
c
LC type and variant is from Webb et al. ( 2006 )
d
From Hourigan ( 1989 )—in Hawaiian waters
e
Corallivore = obligate corallivore, from Bellwood et al. ( 2010 )
f
Obligate corallivore, feeds on soft corals (Bellwood et al. 2010 )—in Australian waters
?LC variant not determined histologically, but LC type (Direct, Indirect) can be inferred from
swim bladder morphology or subgeneric placement (Webb et al. 2006 )