Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 26; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 19 - 21.

Common Names

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Alibangbang , Cebuano , Philippines

Pyramidefanefisk , Danish , Denmark

Alibang-bang , Davawenyo , Philippines

Brushytoothed butterflyfish , English , USA

Pyramid butterfly , English , Hawaii

Pyramid butterflyfish , English , Malaysia

Pyramid butterflyfish , English , Australia

Pyramid butterflyfish , English , Micronesia

Pyramid butterflyfish , English , Papua New Guinea

Pyramid butterflyfish , English , Philippines

Pyramid butterflyfish , English , Solomon Is.

Pyramid butterflyfish , English , USA

Pyramid butterflyfish , English , Christmas I.

Pyramid butterflyfish , English , Guam

Pyramid butterflyfish , English , Indonesia

Pyramid butterflyfish , English , Global

Shy butterflyfish , English , USA

Iga vila , Gela , Solomon Is.

Kasumi-chôchô-uo , Japanese , Japan

Alibangbang , Kagayanen , Philippines

Bagang , Malay , Malaysia

Keper laut , Malay , Malaysia

Kerepek , Malay , Malaysia

多鱗霞蝶魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

多鳞霞蝶鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

銀斑蝶魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

银斑蝶鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

霞蝶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Alosina , Samoan , Samoa

Paru-paro , Tagalog , Philippines

Paru-parung dagat , Tagalog , Philippines

Paraharaha , Tahitian , Tahiti

Alibang-bang , Visayan , Philippines

Alibangbang , Waray-waray , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Acanthuriformes

Family: Chaetodontidae

Genus: Hemitaurichthys

Species: Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Bleeker, 1857)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Occur in large schools that may extend several meters above the edges of steep current-swept outer reef slopes. Common (Ref. 9710). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed on plankton (Ref. 3921). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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associated