Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 17.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Acanthuriformes

Family: Pomacanthidae

Genus: Genicanthus

Species: Genicanthus semifasciatus (Kamohara, 1934)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits seaward rocky and coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Hardy aquarium species; takes standard food such as chopped beef, freeze-dried shrimp, mysids, etc. A protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 55367). Forms permanent harem groups composed of a single male and several smaller females (Ref. 55367).

Habitat

associated