Research Article

Community structure of butterflyfishes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

  1. Maroof A. Khalaf1,*,
  2. Mohamed Abdallah2

Article first published online: 27 JUN 2005

DOI: 10.1002/aqc.708

Issue

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Supplement: Butterflyfish Research and Monitoring in the Middle East and Beyond

Volume 15, Issue Supplement 1, pages S77–S89, July/August 2005

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Khalaf, M. A. and Abdallah, M. (2005), Community structure of butterflyfishes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst., 15: S77–S89. doi: 10.1002/aqc.708

Author Information

  1. 1

    Marine Science Station, University of Jordan — Yarmouk University, Aqaba, Jordan

  2. 2

    The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

*Marine Science Station, University of Jordan — Yarmouk University, P.O. Box 195, Aqaba, Jordan

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 JUN 2005
  2. Article first published online: 27 JUN 2005

Funded by

  • PERSGA/SAP National Programme Coordinators in Djibouti and Yemen
  • Marine Science Station, Aqaba, Jordan
  • Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, Jordan
  • Fisheries Research Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Faculty of Marine Science, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Keywords:

  • butterflyfish;
  • Chaetodontidae;
  • Gulf of Aqaba;
  • Gulf of Suez;
  • Red Sea;
  • Gulf of Aden

Abstract

  • 1.
    A spatially comprehensive description of the butterflyfish assemblage structure in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden is presented. Fish were censused on 118 transects at 29 coral reef sites.
  • 2.
    A total of 5062 butterflyfishes were counted along the Jordanian, Egyptian, Saudi Arabian, Yemeni and Djiboutian coasts, representing 14 species and two genera.
  • 3.
    A spatially comprehensive description of the butterflyfish community structure in shallow water demonstrates that the most common species of butterflyfish along the Jordanian, Egyptian, and Saudi Arabian coasts were Chaetodon paucifasciatus, Chaetodon auriga, Chaetodon austriacus respectively, and Chaetodon larvatus off Yemen and Djibouti.
  • 4.
    The comparison of butterflyfish community on reefs around the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden suggests two main groups, a northern Red Sea and central Red Sea group, and a southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden group.

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