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Genicanthus bellus is very infrequent and fetches high prices in the aquarium trade as it is rarely collected because of the depths at which it lives. It is some times more numerous in the trade when collecting effort is increased. There can be high mortality in specimens collected for the trade but
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varies and it may have either a double or single orange stripe at the margin, however, this stripe can also be absent. is rather variable, and is edged either with a single or double stripe in orange. The dorsal fin is normally largely black, but in the largest and oldest females this fin may show
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are unpigmented frequently marked with patches of orange, these have filamentous extensions and are bright blue. The lips are also bright blue. In the females and juveniles there is a black stripe which runs vertically from the nape through and engulfing the eye but does not extend past the lower
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is found at depths between 25 and 100 metres (82 and 328 ft). Here it lives on deep reefs, frequently in areas which are swept by strong currents on the outer drop offs. It is a sociable species which lives in schools, within these there are
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variable shades of r. There are two silvery-white dots on the black upper lips of the females too. The dorsal fin contains 15 spines and 15-16 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 16-17 soft rays. This species attains a maximum
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