Hemitaurichthys

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Hemitaurichthys
Hemitaurichthys polylepis.jpg
pyramid butterflyfish (H. polylepis)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Hemitaurichthys
Bleeker, 1876
Type species
Chaetodon polylepis
Bleeker, 1857 [1]

Hemitaurichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, butterflyfishes from the family Chaetodontidae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

The name of this genus is a compound of the Greek hemi meaning “half” and in this case meaning “similar to“, taurus meaning “bull” and ichthys meaning “fish”, taurichthys being a synonym of Heniochus and refers to the bony protuberances, similar to horns, on the head of Heniochus varius . [2]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [3]

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chaetodontidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. 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 22 November 2020.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hemitaurichthys in FishBase . February 2013 version.