Pomacanthus

Pomacanthus; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Present
	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
	See text

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. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Pomacanthus in FishBase. January 2006 version.

[1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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