Hemitaurichthys
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| pyramid butterflyfish (H. polylepis) | |
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| Genus: | Hemitaurichthys Bleeker, 1876
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| Chaetodon polylepis Bleeker, 1857
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Hemitaurichthys is a genus of butterflyfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- 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
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemitaurichthys". FishBase. February 2013 version.