Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes | |
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Similar Genicanthus, Genicanthus melanospilos, Genicanthus watanabei, Genicanthus lamarck, Genicanthus bellus | ||
Zebra angelfish genicanthus caudovittatus
Genicanthus caudovittatus, common names Zebra angelfish, Swallowtail angelfish, and Lyretail angelfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacanthidae.
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Description
Genicanthus caudovittatus grows to a maximum length of 20 cm. The caudal fin tips are long compared to similar species.
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).
It is native to the following countries:
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.
Genicanthus caudovittatus is occasionally found in the tropical aquarium trade.
Behaviour
This species does not migrate. Normally, several females will group together with one male.
Diet
Genicanthus caudovittatus eats plankton, normally feeding a few meteres above the sea bottom.