Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Chaetodontiformes
Familia: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Hemitaurichthys
Species: H. multispinosus – H. multispinus – H. polylepis – H. thompsoni – H. zoster
Name
Hemitaurichthys Bleeker, 1876.
References
Hemitaurichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Hemitaurichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Vernacular names
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". 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.
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