Description
all tropical waters, marine and fresh (smaller then), shallow & benthopelagic robust, vigorous & highly adaptive with environment (salt, Ph, temperature...) strongly compressed body angle of preopercle with a strong spine (unlike butterflyfishes) most species with an elongate extension on hind margin of soft dorsal and anal fins relatively large pectoral fins 3 spines in thr front of anal fin small & protractile mouth avec des lèvres plutôt grosses diurne, bold and seemingly fearless in behavior hide amongst the nooks and crevices of the reef by night striking coloration, markedly different between juveniles and adults of many species protogynous hermaphrodites, often engaging in 'haremic' social system: if the dominant male of a harem is removed, a female will turn into a functional male la taille détermine la transformation pas de dimorphisme sexuel, mais important dyschromie juvénile/adulte oviparous, distinct pairing, pelagic spawners of many tiny buoyant eggs, nonguarders, floating freely with the currents until hatching

Identification keys to angelfishes

Description

all tropical waters, marine and fresh (smaller then), shallow & benthopelagic
robust, vigorous & highly adaptive with environment (salt, Ph, temperature...)
strongly compressed body
angle of preopercle with a strong spine (unlike butterflyfishes)
most species with an elongate extension on hind margin of soft dorsal and anal fins
relatively large pectoral fins
3 spines in thr front of anal fin
small & protractile mouth avec des lèvres plutôt grosses
diurne, bold and seemingly fearless in behavior
hide amongst the nooks and crevices of the reef by night
striking coloration, markedly different between juveniles and adults of many species
protogynous hermaphrodites, often engaging in 'haremic' social system: if the dominant male of a harem is removed, a female will turn into a functional male
la taille détermine la transformation
pas de dimorphisme sexuel, mais important dyschromie juvénile/adulte
oviparous, distinct pairing, pelagic spawners of many tiny buoyant eggs, nonguarders, floating freely with the currents until hatching

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Identification keys to angelfishes

Etymologies	Source
Pomacanthidae	Greek, πομα,-atos =cover + Greek, ακάνθα =thorn	fishbase

Etymologies

Source

Pomacanthidae

Greek, πομα,-atos =cover + Greek, ακάνθα =thorn

fishbase



Apolemichthys

Apolemichthys arcuatus 1994 Midway Is. ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Apolemichthys trimaculatus 2009 Tulamben (Bali) ©mda (via INaturalist)	Apolemichthys xanthotis 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)
Apolemichthys




Centropyges

Centropyge acanthops 2018 Kenya ©Ewout Knoester (via INaturalist)	Centropyge argi 1995 ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Centropyge bicolor 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)


Centropyge bispinosa 1996 Philippines ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Centropyge eibli 2015 Bali by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)	Centropyge ferrugata 2016 Taiwan by Zack (via Encyclopedia of Life)


Centropyge flavissima 1995 Tahiti ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Centropyge interruptus 2007 by Izuzuki (via Encyclopedia of Life)	Centropyge loricula 2004 Kwajalein Atoll (Marshall Is.) by Jeanette Johnson (via fishbase)


Centropyge multispinis 2012 by Brian Gratwicke (via Encyclopedia of Life)	Centropyge potteri 2004 Hawai NOAA by James Watt (via Wikimedia Commons)	Centropyge vrolikii 2001 Great Barrier (Au) by Erik Schlogl (via Encyclopedia of Life)


Paracentropyge multifasciata 1997 Sipadan (Sabah/Borneo) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)
Centropyges




Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus
fishbase / recif-france / monaconature / aquaportail / fishesofaustralia	Synonymes Vermiculated angelfish	Bloch, 1787 / LC / ITIS 169676

2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)	2009 Sulawesi by Jim Greenfield (via fishbase)	2015 Komodo by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)


juvénile, ©wildsingapore by Ria Tan (via flickr)	2016 Philippines ©Jean Claude Jamoulle (via fishbase)	2013 Bitung (Lembeh-Sulawesi) by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)
W-Pacifique	Ange vermiculé	tropical
face jaune puis une large bande noire; derrière, gris clair s'assombrissant vers l'arrière du corps; caudale orangée; anale et dorsale avec fin liséré blc-bleuté
<20m / 18cm	protogyne	rare, territorial, forms small groups
Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus




Genicanthus

Genicanthus caudovittatus juvénile, 1996 Red Sea ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Genicanthuslamarck 2007 Bali by Jim Greenfield (via fishbase)	Genicanthus melanospilos male, 2016 Fiji ©Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)
Genicanthus




Pomacanthus

Pomacanthus annularis 2006 ©Mr Aaron (via Wikimedia Commons)	Pomacanthus arcuatus juvénile, 1995 ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Pomacanthus imperator 2009 Tulamben (Bali) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


Pomacanthus maculosus 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	Pomacanthus navarchus 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)	Pomacanthus paru 2016 Playa (Yucatan) ©mda (via INaturalist)


Pomacanthus rhomboides 1995 Natal (S-Africa) ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	Pomacanthus semicirculatus 2009 Tulamben (Bali) ©mda (via INaturalist)	Pomacanthus sexstriatus 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)


Pomacanthus xanthometopon 2005 aquarium (San Diego) ©Stan Shebs (via Wikimedia Commons)
Pomacanthus




Holacanthus

Holacanthus ciliaris 2005 aquarium (SFrancisco) ©Stan Shebs (via Wikimedia Commons)	Holacanthus passer 2007 Sta Catalina (Panama) by LASZLO ILYES (via Wikimedia Commons)
Holacanthus




Pygoplites diacanthus
fishbase / souslesmers / australianmuseum / aquaportail / animal-world / fishesofaustralia / monaconature	Synonymes Regal angelfish	Boddaert, 1772 / LC / ITIS 169667

2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2019 Qseir (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	juvénile, 2016 Fiji by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)


2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Nakari (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


1995 Kenya ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)	2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 aquarium (Karlsruhe) by H. Zell (via Wikimedia Commons)


2007 by eNil (via Wikimedia Commons)	2011 Mirihi (Maldives) by Rainer Kretzberg (via fishbase)	juvénile, 2010 Saqwa Abu Galawa (Egypt) by Joe DE VROE (via fishbase)


2015 Fiji by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)	juvénile, 2016 Fiji by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2012 Fiji by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)


2014 Komodo by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2001 Great Barrier (Au) by Erik Schlogl (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2009 Bunaken (Sulawesi) by Bernard DUPONT (via Encyclopedia of Life)
Indo-Pacifiq & Red Sea	Holacanthe duc	tropical
alternating yellow and black-edged white bars on the body; soft part of the dorsal fin blue with black scribbles; anal fin yellow and blue stripes; caudal fin yellow; juvenile similar to the adults, but more orange than yellow, and with a distinct ocellus on the soft dorsal fin
1-48m / 25cm / 15-20 ans		rare, sédentaire & territorial, solitaire (qqx pairs), actif ms craintif, plutôt sciaphile
Pygoplites diacanthus