Genicanthus caudovittatus
Genicanthus caudovittatus | |
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Female specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Pomacanthidae |
Genus: | Genicanthus |
Species: | G. caudovittatus |
Binomial name | |
Genicanthus caudovittatus (Günther, 1860) | |
Synonyms | |
Centropyge caudovittatus (Günther, 1860) |
Genicanthus caudovittatus, common names Zebra angelfish, Swallowtail angelfish, and Lyretail angelfish,[1] is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacanthidae.[2]
Description
Genicanthus caudovittatus grows to a maximum length of 20 cm.[3] The caudal fin tips are long compared to similar species.[3]
Distribution
This species is widely distributed and found in the western part of the Indian Ocean from the Red Sea in the north, down to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa in the south. It is also found in the waters of Madagascar, the Maldives, Mauritius and Réunion, and is also known in Weh Island (northwestern Sumatra).[1]
It is native to the following countries:[1]
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mozambique
- Réunion
- Saudi Arabia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- United Republic of Yemen
Habitat
This species lives mainly on reefs and steep slopes at depths of between 2 and 70 metres. In the Red Sea, it prefers shallower waters, but in the Andaman Sea, it occurs in waters of 40 metres or greater.[1][3]
Genicanthus caudovittatus is occasionally found in the tropical aquarium trade.[1]
Behaviour
This species does not migrate.[3] Normally, several females will group together with one male.[3]
Diet
Genicanthus caudovittatus eats plankton, normally feeding a few meteres above the sea bottom.[3]
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