Hemitaurichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, butterflyfishes from the family Chaetodontidae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
| Hemitaurichthys | |
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| pyramid butterflyfish (H. polylepis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Hemitaurichthys Bleeker, 1876 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodon polylepis Bleeker, 1857[1]
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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
editThere 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemitaurichthys". FishBase. February 2013 version.