Genicanthus semifasciatus

(Kamohara, 1934)

Vernacular names
English : Japanese swallow
French : Poisson ange lyre japonais

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Acanthuriformes (sometimes still Perciformes)
Family : Pomacanthidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can reach up to 21 cm in length. Male grey-blue with vertical black stripes on upper flanks, orange mask going to mid flanks and spotted fins. Female grey-blue with black vertical stripes over gill coverts and blue eye-ring.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in a small area of the western Pacific Ocean, from southern Japan to Taiwan and northern Philippines. Lives in seaward slopes and drop-offs of coral and rocky reeds, from 15 to 200 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species remains common in the wild and apparently faces no known threats.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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