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Zebra angelfish
Genicanthus caudovittatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Zebra angelfish
- Scientific
- Genicanthus caudovittatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 70 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A slender angelfish with long tail streamers; males are pale with many thin vertical black lines, and females are pale with a black bar over the head and black streaks on the tail lobes. It reaches about 20 cm and feeds on plankton on steep deep slopes.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Genicanthus-caudovittatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_ángel_cebra_(Genicanthus_caudovittatus),_parque_naciona
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.