Bluefaced angelfish
Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853)
Also calledAdeyakko (jpn) · Blaumasken-Kaiserfisch (deu) · Blåhuvudkejsare (swe) · Bunak (tgl) · Ikan babi (msa) · Inggu (msa) · Mameng (tgl) · Paru-parang dagat (tgl) · Peix àngel cara blava (cat) · Peixe-anjo-de-face-azul (por) · Pesce angelo faccia blu (ita) · Poisson-ange à front jaune (fra) · Poisson-ange à tête bleue (fra) · pomec modrohlavý (ces)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Philippines and Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found in coral-rich areas of coral reefs, 5 – 30 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed on 2 June 2013, first dive, during ACIAR Aquarium Survey at Kavieng (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 14, as P. xanthometapon); a specimen observed at Kavieng fish market by Barry C. Russell on 14 June 2014. A specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 22 Aug. 2008; a video of a specimen taken on east side of Tsoileunung Island, southeast of New Hanover, at 6 – 21 m depth, St. KR 124, in 2014 (identified by Barry C. Russell).
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Introduced species vector dispersal
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade)
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2396411.