Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 16.

Common Names

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Mangepigget fanefisk , Danish , Denmark

Pigget fanefisk , Danish , Denmark

Many-spined butterflyfish , English , Micronesia

Multispine butterflyfish , English , Easter I.

Spiny butterflyfish , English , Hawaii

多棘霞蝶魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

多棘霞蝶鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Acanthuriformes

Family: Chaetodontidae

Genus: Hemitaurichthys

Species: Hemitaurichthys multispinosus Randall, 1975

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Inhabit seaward reefs (Ref. 9710); apparently a deep dweller, collected and observed only on a small section of a well-developed coral reef ('The Bear', off Gannett Ridge, north side of Pitcairn); collected with spears and rotenone (Ref. 4858). Feed on zooplankton. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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associated