Pomacanthus
| Pomacanthus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Present[1] | |
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| Gray angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Pomacanthidae |
| Genus: | Pomacanthus Lacépède, 1802 |
| Type species | |
| Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Species | |
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Pomacanthus is a genus of marine angelfish that is usually found around reefs and coral. Some of the notable places one can see these vari-coloured fish includes the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Sipidan off the southern coast of Sabah, Malaysia. Generally the patterns and colors of these fish undergo a major transformation from juvenile to adult forms. The juveniles may even appear to be a different species.
Species
- Bluering angelfish, Pomacanthus annularis (Bloch, 1787).
- Gray angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758).
- Arabian angelfish, Pomacanthus asfur (Forsskål, 1775).
- Goldtail angelfish, Pomacanthus chrysurus (Cuvier, 1831).
- Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787).
- Yellowbar angelfish, Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål, 1775).
- Bluegirdled angelfish, Pomacanthus navarchus (Cuvier, 1831).
- French angelfish, Pomacanthus paru (Bloch, 1787).
- Old woman angelfish, Pomacanthus rhomboides (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908).
- Semicircle angelfish, Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831).
- Sixbar angelfish, Pomacanthus sexstriatus (Cuvier, 1831).
- Yellowface angelfish, Blueface angelfish, Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853).
- Cortez angelfish, Pomacanthus zonipectus (Gill, 1862).
Gallery
Bluering angelfish, Pomacanthus annularis
Yellowbar angelfish, Pomacanthus maculosus
Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator
Semicircle angelfish, Pomacanthus semicirculatus
Bluegirdled angelfish, Pomacanthus navarchus
Notes
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Pomacanthus in FishBase. January 2006 version.
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