Pomacanthus
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| Pomacanthus Fossil range: Eocene to Present[1] |
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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.
[edit] 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).
[edit] Gallery
 Bluering angelfish, Pomacanthus annularis |
 Yellowbar angelfish, Pomacanthus maculosus |
 Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator |
 Semicircle angelfish, Pomacanthus semicirculatus |
[edit] References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.
- "Pomacanthus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
