Biology:Hemitaurichthys

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Hemitaurichthys
Hemitaurichthys polylepis.jpg
pyramid butterflyfish (H. polylepis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Chaetodontidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Chaetodontidae. 
  2. "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 21 July 2020. http://www.etyfish.org/acanthuriformes1/. Retrieved 22 November 2020. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hemitaurichthys in FishBase. February 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q144039 entry