Pomacanthus
Fossil range: Eocene to Present[1] |
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Animalia
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Chordata
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Actinopterygii
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| Order: |
Perciformes
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| Family: |
Pomacanthidae
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| Genus: |
Pomacanthus
Lacépède, 1802 |
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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.
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, Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853).
* Cortez angelfish, Pomacanthus zonipectus (Gill, 1862).
