Chaetodon rainfordi

The gold bands on the body often found on each side of the wider diffuse dark bars.[6] Chaetodon rainfordi lives among coastal and offshore reefs, at depths between 5 and 20 metres (16 and 66 ft),[1] where there is a sparse growth of corals.[5] Chaetodon rainfordi was first formally described in 1923 by the Australian ichthyologist Allan Riverstone McCulloch (1885-1925) with the type locality given as Holbourne Island, off Port Denison, Queensland.[7] The specific name honours the amateur naturalist and viticulturist with the Queensland Agricultural Department, Edward Henry Rainford who provided specimens of fish for the Australian Museum, including type of this species.They appear to be close relatives of the subgenus Tetrachaetodon which includes for example the mirror butterflyfish (C. speculum) and together with these would probably go in Megaprotodon if Chaetodon is split up.
Conservation statusNear ThreatenedIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataActinopterygiiAcanthuriformesChaetodontidaeChaetodonChaetodon (Discochaetodon)Binomial nameMcCullochray-finned fishbutterflyfishfamilypectoral findorsaltotal lengthGreat Barrier ReefQueenslandSolitary IslandsRed Rock, New South WalesLord Howe IslandTasman Seapolypsdescribedichthyologisttype localityHolbourne IslandPort Denison, Queenslandspecific namespecimensAustralian Museumgolden butterflyfisheightband butterflyfishthree-striped Butterflyfishsubgenustype speciesmirror butterflyfishaquariumIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesFroese, RainerFishBaseEschmeyer, William N.Catalog of FishesCalifornia Academy of SciencesBibcodeWikidataiNaturalistOpen Tree of Life