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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyPomacanthidae
  5. ›genusPomacanthus
Pomacanthus maculosus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Yellowbar angelfish

Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål, 1775)

Also calledAnfooz (ara) · Anfouz (ara) · Arabischer Kaiserfisch (deu) · Bruid van de Zee (nld) · Halvmånekejsare (swe) · Lebre mancha amarela (por) · Lebre velha (por) · Moscht (ara) · Peix àngel mitja lluna (cat) · Peixe-anjo-meia-lua (por) · Pesce angelo persiano (ita) · Pez ángel de barra amarilla (spa) · Poisson-ange géographe (fra) · Sedakayakko (jpn)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution. Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Socotra and Persian Gulf east to Pakistan; eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 8 October 2009). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.

The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status

materials_examined

Material examined. SMF 35062 (1: 16.6 cm); KAUMM 111 (1: 11.7 cm)

Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea

Introduced species vector dispersal

in Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin : Individual release: deliberate release by individuals

World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Introduced species vector dispersal

in Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals

World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2396444.