Genicanthus caudovittatus

Genicanthus caudovittatus, common names zebra angelfish, swallowtail angelfish, and lyretail angelfish,[1] is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacanthidae.[2]

Genicanthus caudovittatus
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 caudibicolor (Lienard) Sauvage, 1891
Holacanthus caudibicolor Sauvage, 1891
Holacanthus caudovittatus Günther, 1860
Holacanthus zebra Sauvage, 1891

Description
Male specimen

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 metres above the sea bottom.[3]

References
  1. "Genicanthus caudovittatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Genicanthus caudovittatus (Günther, 1860)". Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. "Genicanthus caudovittatus, Zebra angelfish : aquarium". FishBase. Retrieved 8 January 2015.


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