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Chaetodontoplus melanosoma in life
In life — Black Velvet Angelfish, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein
BPBM 23136Ichthyology

Chaetodontoplus melanosoma

Black Velvet Angelfish

As recorded: Chaetodontoplus melanosoma (Bleeker, 1853)

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Pomacanthidae

Collected by
J.E. Randall
Date
July 1, 1978
Locality
Taiwan; N coast; W side of peninsula at Yeh-Liu
Island
Taiwan
Depth
20 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
3 Bishop specimens of Chaetodontoplus melanosoma · collected 1969–1978Species page ›

Collected the same day

On July 1, 1978, J.E. Randall also collected 3 other specimens.

Choerodon azurio

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Epinephelus trimaculatus

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Siganus canaliculatus

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Cite this specimen

Chaetodontoplus melanosoma. BPBM 23136. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35900753. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/23136.

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