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Angelfishes
Pomacanthidae
Marine angelfish are perciform fish of the family Pomacanthidae. They are found on shallow reefs in the tropical Atlantic, Indian, and mostly western Pacific oceans. The family contains seven genera and approximately 86 species. They should not be confused with the freshwater angelfish, tropical cichlids of the Amazon Basin.
7 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 90 known species
Pomacanthus
genusPomacanthus
Holacanthus
genusHolacanthus
Dwarf Angelfishes
genusCentropyge
Pygoplites
genusPygoplites
Chaetodontoplus
genusChaetodontoplus
Swallowtail Angelfishes
genusGenicanthus
Apolemichthys
genusApolemichthys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47237.