''Hemitaurichthys'' is a

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of marine

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...

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es from the

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Chaetodontidae. They are native to the

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oceans. The name of this genus is a

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''hemi'' meaning “half” and in this case meaning “similar to“, ''taurus'' meaning “bull” and ''ichthys'' meaning “fish”, ''taurichthys'' being a synonym of ''

Heniochus ''Heniochus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, butterflyfishes from the family Chaetodontidae. They are native to the Indo-Pacific. Though very similar in appearance to the Moorish idol ''( Zanclus cornutus)'', the members of this genus ar ...

'' and refers to the bony protuberances, similar to horns, on the head of '' Heniochus varius''.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * '' 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

Chaetodontidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{Chaetodontidae-stub