The narrow-banded butterflyfish (Amphichaetodon melbae) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean around Easter Island, the Desventuradas Islands and the Juan Fernández Islands/[2] The biology of this fish is little understood but it is thought to be strongly associated with rocky reefs.[1] The name of the person honoured in the specific name was not defined but it is considered to, almost certainly, be D.K. Cladwell's wife, the marine mammalogist Melba Caldwell of the University of Florida in Gainesville.[3]
| Narrow-barred butterflyfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Amphichaetodon |
| Species: | A. melbae
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphichaetodon melbae W. E. Burgess & D. K. Caldwell, 1978
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References
edit- ^ a b Pyle, R. (2010). "Amphichaetodon melbae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165727A6102970. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165727A6102970.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Amphichaetodon melbae". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 July 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 November 2020.