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Genicanthus caudovittatus (Günther, 1860)

211794  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211794)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Holacanthus caudovittatus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details] 
Description Feeds on planktonic food several meters above the bottom. A single male is usually seen with several females, commonly on...  
Description Feeds on planktonic food several meters above the bottom. A single male is usually seen with several females, commonly on steep slopes<111>. Males develop as a result of sex change of females<307>. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Genicanthus caudovittatus (Günther, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211794 on 2025-06-02
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
1998-06-18 06:08:16Z
changed
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description (of Holacanthus caudibicolor Sauvage, 1891) Sauvage, H.-E. (1891). Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. Volume XVI. <em>Histoire naturelle des poissons. 2 volumes (text and atlas). Imprimerie Nationale, Paris.</em> 1-50 + 13 pls. [details] 

original description (of Holacanthus caudovittatus Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. <em>British Museum London.</em> v. 2: i-xxi + 1-548. [details] 

original description (of Holacanthus zebra Sauvage, 1891) Sauvage, H.-E. (1891). Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. Volume XVI. <em>Histoire naturelle des poissons. 2 volumes (text and atlas). Imprimerie Nationale, Paris.</em> 1-50 + 13 pls. [details] 

basis of record Smith, J. L. B. (1955). The Fishes of the Family Pomacanthidae in the Western Indian Ocean. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> 8 (89) (art. 46): 377-384, Pls. 4-5. [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Feeds on planktonic food several meters above the bottom. A single male is usually seen with several females, commonly on steep slopes<111>. Males develop as a result of sex change of females<307>. [details]
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English zebra angelfish  [details]