Biology:Hemitaurichthys
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Hemitaurichthys | |
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| pyramid butterflyfish (H. polylepis) | |
Scientific classification 
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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]
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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]
- Hemitaurichthys multispinosus J. E. Randall, 1975 (many-spined butterflyfish)
- Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Bleeker, 1857) (pyramid butterflyfish)
- Hemitaurichthys thompsoni Fowler, 1923 (Thompson's butterflyfish)
- Hemitaurichthys zoster (E. T. Bennett, 1831) (brown-and-white butterflyfish)
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hemitaurichthys in FishBase. February 2013 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q144039 entry
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