Vagrancy in paradise documentation of the chevron butterflyfish Chaetodon trifascialis in Kaneohe Bay Oahu Hawaiian islands

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• Journal Title:
  Marine Biodiversity Records
• Personal Author:
  Franklin, Erik C.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
• Description:
  The chevron butterflyfish Chaetodon trifascialis is an obligate corallivore found on Indo-Pacific coral reefs. The typical northern extent of the distributional range of the chevron butterflyfish overlaps with the occurrence of one of its preferred corals Acropora cytherea on reefs of French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Here I document the occurrence of a single C. trifascialis in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu outside its typical range and discuss the role of biogeographic vagrants as potential colonizers that provide direct evidence of inter-island larval connectivity in the Central Pacific Ocean.
• Keywords:
  Coral Reefs And Islands Pterois Volitans Coral Reefs And Islands Pterois Volitans Butterflyfish Chaetodon Trifascialis Vagrant Species
• Source:
  Mar Biodivers Rec 10, 22
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-017-0124-z
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  Grant no. NA10NMF4520163
• Place as Subject:
  Hawaii ; Pacific Ocean
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  CHORUS
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b2b870d28e9aec82e807b62f4d4c35b84bfda765789fc11409112789b6994420
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/48251/noaa_48251_DS1.pdf
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