Queen angelfish
Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledAnge royal (fra) · Anjo-rainha (por) · Borboleta (por) · Cachama de piedra (spa) · Demoiselle royale (fra) · Diadem-Kaiserfisch (deu) · Enxada (por) · Gele engelvis (nld) · Guinea (spa) · Hokuro-yakko (jpn) · Isabelita (spa) · Isabelita patale (spa) · Königin-Engelfisch (deu) · Königinfisch (deu)
First described in: Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
Introduced species vector dispersal
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade)
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Introduced species vector dispersal
Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea (Marine Region) Ships: general
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Distribution
Western Atlantic. Florida to Brazil. Including Bermuda, Bahamas and throughout the Caribbean Islands.
Checklist of Fishes from Madagascar Reef, Campeche Bank, México
Notes
Occurrence reported by Martínez de la Portilla (2008).
Checklist of Fishes from Madagascar Reef, Campeche Bank, México
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Every page naming Holacanthus ciliaris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5211452.