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Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus in life
In life — Vermiculate Angelfish, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein
BPBM 32218Ichthyology

Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus

Vermiculate Angelfish

As recorded: Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch, 1787)

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Pomacanthidae

Collected by
J.E. Randall, R.H. Kuiter, and L.C. ReynoldsR.H. Kuiter →Johnson Randall →L.S. Reynolds →
Date
September 19, 1987
Locality
Maumere Bay; E side; off Pertamina oil storage site; Waipare Reef
Region
Indonesia
Coordinates
-8.6294, 122.2760
Depth
21 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
7 Bishop specimens of Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus · collected 1970–1987Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On September 19, 1987, J.E. Randall, R.H. Kuiter, and L.C. Reynolds also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus. BPBM 32218. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35902729. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/32218.

Record sources