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Pomacanthus
''Pomacanthus'' from Ancient Greek ''poma'', meaning "cover", and ''ákantha'', meaning "spine", 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 The following 13 species are classified within the genus ''Pomacanthus'': Systematics The genus ''Pomacanthus'' was created in 1802 by the French people, French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756-1825) with the type species being designated as ''Chaetodon arcuatus''. The name is a compound of ''poma'' meaning"lid" and ''acanthus'' which means "thorn", a reference to the prominents spine on the rear margin of the Operculum (fish), operculum, a feature shared by all the marin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomacanthus Asfur 2
''Pomacanthus'' from Ancient Greek ''poma'', meaning "cover", and ''ákantha'', meaning "spine", 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 The following 13 species are classified within the genus ''Pomacanthus'': Systematics The genus ''Pomacanthus'' was created in 1802 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756-1825) with the type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ... being designa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Angelfish
The emperor angelfish (''Pomacanthus imperator'') is a species of marine angelfish. It is a reef-associated fish, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea to Hawaii and the Austral Islands. This species is generally associated with stable populations and faces no major threats of extinction. It is a favorite of photographers, artists, and aquarists because of its unique, brilliant pattern of coloration. Description The emperor angelfish shows a marked difference between the juveniles and the adults. The juveniles have a dark blue body which is marked with concentric curving lines, alternating between pale blue and white with the smallest which are completely enclosed within each other located posteriorly. These lines become vertical at the anterior end. The dorsal fin has a white margin and the caudal fin is transparent. The adults are striped with blue and yellow horizontal stripes, a light blue face with a dark blue mask over the eyes and a yellow caudal fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomacanthus Maculosus
''Pomacanthus maculosus'', the yellowbar angelfish, half-moon angelfish, yellow-marked angelfish, yellowband angelfish or yellow-blotched angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the Family (biology), family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean and, more recently, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Description ''Pomacanthus maculosus'' has a deep and compressed body with a small mouth that is equipped with small bristle-like teeth. They have an obvious spine at the angle of the preoperculum. The adults have filaments extending back from the soft-rayed parts of the Dorsal fin, dorsal and anal fins, reaching past the caudal fin. The background colour of adults is brownish blue with each scale having a blue margin creating the impression that it is predominantly blue. There is an uneven, yellow bar close to the centre of the flanks with dark blue, vertically elongated spots towards the head. The caudal fin has wavy, blue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomacanthus Arcuatus
The gray angelfish (''Pomacanthus arcuatus''), also written as grey angelfish and known in Jamaica as the pot cover, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the marine angelfish family, Pomacanthidae. It is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Description The gray angelfish has a disk-shaped, compressed body with a large head and small snout. The snout has a mouth at its tip, which is filled with small, bristle-like teeth. The preoperculum has a sizable spine at its corner and a smooth vertical edge. The juveniles have a black body marked with five vertical yellow stripes, three on the head and two on the body. The caudal fin has a black blotch which can be elongated or rectangular. Adults are pale grayish in color and covered in black spots. The head is plain pale gray with a white mouth. The dorsal and anal fins frequently show elongated streamers. The dorsal fin contains 9 spines and 31–33 soft rays, while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 23–25 soft rays. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomacanthus Annularis
The bluering angelfish (''Pomacanthus annularis''), also known as the annularis angelfish and the blue king angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is member of the genus ''Pomacanthus'', composed of large marine angelfish. Distribution The bluering angelfish can be found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans from East Africa, throughout Indonesia and New Guinea to New Caledonia, north to southern Japan. Habitat Bluering angelfishes inhabit coastal rocky coral reefs and may be also encountered in caves or on wrecks, at depths of . Description Bluering angelfish have adults which are mainly yellow with the body marked with obvious arcing blue lines and a blue circle shaped mark above the operculum. They frequently have an elongated tip to the dorsal fin and they have a white caudal fin with a yellow margin. They also have a pair of blue stripes across the face, one runs through the eye and the second is situat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabian Angelfish
''Pomacanthus asfur'', the Arabian angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean. Description ''Pomacanthus asfur'' has a completely different colour and pattern as a juvenile from that of the adult. Juveniles have a blue body which is marked with pale-blue and white stripes. As they mature they develop yellow markings on their dorsal and caudal fins. Until as fully mature adults they have an overall dark blue body with a blackish face, a yellow caudal fin and a broad crescent-shaped yellow band running vertically across the flanks. The dorsal fin has 12 spines and 19–20 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 19–20 soft rays, the pectoral fins each contain 17 or 18 rays. This species attains a maximum total length of . Distribution ''Pomacanthus asfur'' is principally found in the western Indian Ocean. Here it is found in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and along th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldtail Angelfish
The goldtail angelfish (''Pomacanthus chrysurus''), also known as the earspot angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean. Description The goldtail angelfish shows more similarities between the adults and the juveniles than most other marine angelfishes in the genus ''Pomacanthus''. The juveniles have blackish-brown bodies marked with many white vertical bars. The face is paler, more orangey than the body and is marked with uneven blue lines. They have a yellow caudal fin which develops a white bar on the caudal peduncle when the fish reaches around in length. Both juveniles and adults have a black spot on the upper anterior portion of the body. The adults are similar to the juveniles, the differences being that they have a dark face and no white bar on the caudal peduncle. The dorsal fin has 13–14 spines and 17–19 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 18–19 soft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
