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Family Pomacanthidae
Angelfishes
| Angelfishes differ from Butterflyfishes in having a large spine on the
preopercle. Diet varies by species, from algae to sponge or zooplankton.
Small species are generally shy and remain close to the reef while large species
may be easy to approach. |
HAWAII
Centropyge potteri
Female, Sea Cave, Oahu, 35 feet
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Sea Cave, Oahu, 65 feet |
Female, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet
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Female, Koko Head Wall, Oahu, 45 feet |
Male, Koko Craters, Oahu, 30 feet
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Male, Sea Tiger Wreck, Oahu, 90 feet |
Male, Sea Tiger Wreck, Oahu, 95 feet |
Male, Sea Tiger Wreck, Oahu, 95 feet |
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| Common name |
POTTER'S ANGELFISH |
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| Habitat |
Rocky reefs |
| Depth |
More than 20 feet |
| Diet |
Algae |
| Size |
5 inches |
| Abundance |
Fairly common |
| Distribution |
Endemic to Hawaii |
| Notes |
The only common angelfish in Hawaii
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Centropyge potteri x C.
fisheri
Oahu, Hawaii |
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HYBRID
| The only known cross between Potter's and Fisher's Angelfishes. |
Centropyge fisheri
Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 95 feet |
| Common name |
FISHER'S ANGELFISH |
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| Habitat |
Rubble |
| Depth |
More than 50 feet |
| Diet |
Algae |
| Size |
3 inches |
| Abundance |
Uncommon |
| Distribution |
Endemic to Hawaii |
| Notes |
Shy and rarely seen |
Centropyge interrupta
Juvenile, Angel Ledge,
Midway Atoll, 75 feet
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Juvenile, Angel Ledge,
Midway Atoll, 80 feet |
Female, Angel Ledge, Midway
Atoll, 80 feet
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Male, Angel Ledge, Midway
Atoll, 80 feet |
| Common name |
JAPANESE ANGELFISH |
| Japanese name |
Renten-yakko |
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| Habitat |
Rocky reefs and ledges |
| Depth |
Greater than 30 feet |
| Diet |
Algae |
| Size |
6 inches |
| Abundance |
Uncommon |
| Distribution |
Japan, Taiwan, Kure, Midway, Pearl & Hermes Reef |
Centropyge nahackyi
Waikiki Aquarium |
Waikiki Aquarium |
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NAHACKY'S ANGELFISH
| Found on dropoffs at depths greater than 100 feet. Attains 3.5
inches. Johnston Island & nearly absent from Hawaii. |
Centropyge loriculus
Kaiwi Point, Hawaii, 60 feet
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Kaiwi Point, Hawaii, 60 feet |
Waikiki Aquarium
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Waikiki Aquarium |
| Common name |
FLAME ANGELFISH |
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| Habitat |
Coral reefs |
| Depth |
15 feet or more |
| Diet |
Algae |
| Size |
4 inches |
| Abundance |
Fairly common; rare in Hawaii |
| Distribution |
Tropical Pacific and Hawaii |
| Notes |
Heavily collected for aquariums; Hawaii fish lack orange at midbody |
Apolemichthys arcuatus
Pyramid Rock, Oahu, 80 feet |
| Common name |
BANDIT ANGELFISH |
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| Habitat |
Reefs and ledges |
| Depth |
Greater than 50 feet |
| Diet |
Sponge |
| Size |
7 inches |
| Abundance |
Rare in the main Hawaiian Islands; frequent in the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands |
| Distribution |
Endemic to Hawaii |
Genicanthus personatus
Juvenile, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet
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Female, Pearl & Hermes Reef, 40 feet |
Female, Bulky Dump, Midway Atoll, 60 feet
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Female, Bulky Dump, Midway Atoll, 60 feet |
Female with Table coral, French Frigate Shoals, 40 feet
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Females, Pearl & Hermes Reef, 30 feet |
Male, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet |
Male, Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet |
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| Common name |
MASKED ANGELFISH |
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| Habitat |
Reefs and ledges exposed to current |
| Depth |
300 feet in the Main
Hawaiian Islands; 25 feet or more at Kure, Midway, Pearl & Hermes, and French
Frigate Shoals |
| Diet |
Zooplankton |
| Size |
8 inches |
| Abundance |
Rare except in the Northwest
Hawaiian Islands |
| Distribution |
Endemic to Hawaii |
| Notes |
Males are marked with orange, black pattern of female varies with age |
INDO-PACIFIC
Pygoplites diacanthus
Faga'alu, American Samoa,
15 feet
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| Common name |
REGAL ANGELFISH |
| Japanese name |
Nishiki-yakko |
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| Habitat |
Clear lagoons, coral reefs, and ledges |
| Depth |
10 feet or more |
| Diet |
Sponge and tunicates |
| Size |
8 inches |
| Abundance |
Fairly common |
| Distribution |
Indo-Pacific; an aquarium release in Hawaii |
Pomacanthus imperator
Makapu'u, Oahu, 20 feet
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Faga'alu, American Samoa, 20 feet |
Sliding Rock tidepool, American Samoa |
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| Common name |
EMPEROR ANGELFISH |
| Japanese name |
Tatejima-kinchakudai |
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| Habitat |
Coral reefs and ledges |
| Depth |
3 feet or more |
| Diet |
Sponge |
| Size |
16 inches |
| Abundance |
Uncommon; very rare in Hawaii as a waif, no breeding population |
| Distribution |
Indo-Pacific |
Pomacanthus navarchus
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 40
feet
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| Common name |
BLUE-GIRDLED
ANGELFISH |
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| Habitat |
Coral reefs and ledges |
| Depth |
10 feet or more |
| Diet |
Sponges and tunicates |
| Size |
11 inches |
| Abundance |
Uncommon |
| Distribution |
Western Pacific, Taiwan to tropical Australia |
Pomacanthus xanthometopon
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30
feet
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| Common name |
BLUEFACE
ANGELFISH or YELLOWFACE ANGELFISH |
| Japanese name |
Ade-yakko |
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| Habitat |
Coral reefs, ledges, and caverns |
| Depth |
15 feet or more |
| Diet |
Sponge and encrusting invertebrates |
| Size |
15 inches |
| Abundance |
Uncommon |
| Distribution |
Maldives to Vanuatu, Japan and Micronesia |
| Notes |
A solitary species |
Centropyge flavissimus
Faga'alu, American Samoa, 35 feet
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Waikiki Aquarium
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Waikiki Aquarium |
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| Common name |
LEMONPEEL ANGELFISH |
| Japanese name |
Kogane-yakko |
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| Habitat |
Coral reefs |
| Depth |
15 feet or more |
| Diet |
Algae |
| Size |
4 inches |
| Abundance |
Common but shy |
| Distribution |
Tropical Pacific; illegal aquarium releases in Kaneohe Bay and Keehi
Lagoon, Oahu
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Centropyge
bicolor
Faga'alu, American Samoa,
30 feet
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| Common name |
BICOLORED
ANGELFISH |
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| Habitat |
Coral-rich lagoons and reef slopes |
| Depth |
30 to 80 feet |
| Diet |
Filamentous algae |
| Size |
6 inches |
| Abundance |
Common |
| Distribution |
East Africa to Samoa, Micronesia, and the Line Islands |
Centropyge
bispinosus
Coconut Point, American
Samoa, 80 feet
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| Common name |
TWOSPINED
ANGELFISH |
| Japanese name |
Ruri-yakko |
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| Habitat |
Coral-rich lagoons and reef slopes |
| Depth |
More than 30 feet |
| Diet |
Filamentous algae |
| Size |
4 inches |
| Abundance |
Fairly common but shy |
| Distribution |
Indo-Pacific except Hawaii |
Centropyge multifasciata
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 35 feet
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MULTIBAR ANGELFISH
| Uncommon and shy within caves at scuba depths. Attains 4
inches. Tropical Pacific except Hawaii. |
Centropyge abei
Waikiki Aquarium |
Waikiki Aquarium |
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ABE'S ANGELFISH
| Inhabits rubble slopes at depths greater than 300 feet.. Attains 4
inches. Sulawesi & Palau. |
Centropyge colini
Waikiki Aquarium |
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COLIN'S ANGELFISH
| Inhabits caves along dropoffs at depths greater than 75 feet. Attains
3.5 inches. Indonesia to Fiji. |
Genicanthus lamarck
Male, Maeda Point, Okinawa, Japan, 80 feet |
Female, Wakatobi, Indonesia, 80 feet |
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LAMARCK'S ANGELFISH
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Uncommon along steep dropoffs to 100 feet.
Indonesia to Japan, Vanuatu, and the GBR. Attains 10 inches. |
Genicanthus watanabei
Male, Okinawa Aquarium
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WATANABE'S ANGELFISH
JAPAN
Centropyge interrupta
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Juvenile, Angel Ledge,
Midway Atoll, 75 feet
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Juvenile, Angel Ledge,
Midway Atoll, 80 feet |
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Female, Angel Ledge, Midway
Atoll, 80 feet
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Male, Angel Ledge, Midway
Atoll, 80 feet |
| Common name |
JAPANESE ANGELFISH |
| Japanese name |
Renten-yakko |
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| Habitat |
Rocky reefs and ledges |
| Depth |
Greater than 30 feet |
| Diet |
Algae |
| Size |
6 inches |
| Abundance |
Uncommon |
| Distribution |
Japan, Taiwan, Kure, Midway, Pearl & Hermes Reef |
Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis
Izu Ocean Park, Izu, Japan,
30
feet
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| Common name |
BLUESTRIPED ANGELFISH |
| Japanese name |
Kinchakudai |
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| Habitat |
Rocky reefs |
| Depth |
15 to 50 feet |
| Diet |
Sponges and tunicates |
| Size |
8 inches |
| Abundance |
Uncommon |
| Distribution |
Malay Peninsula to Southern Japan |
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TROPICAL EASTERN
PACIFIC 
Pomacanthus zonipectus
Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, 60 feet |
| Common name |
CORTEZ ANGELFISH |
| Mexican name |
Angel de Cortes |
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| Habitat |
Rocky reefs |
| Depth |
20 to 100 feet |
| Diet |
Sponge, encrusting invertebrates, fish eggs, algae |
| Size |
18 inches |
| Abundance |
Fairly common, solitary or mated pairs |
| Distribution |
Gulf of California to Peru |
| Notes |
Juveniles are black with yellow and blue crescents |
| Similar species |
Pomacanthus paru, Pomacanthus arcuatus |
Holacanthus passer
Juvenile, Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, 30 feet |
Large juvenile, Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, 30 feet
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Small adult, Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, 30 feet |
Large adult, Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, 60 feet |
| Common name |
KING ANGELFISH |
| Mexican name |
Angel real |
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| Habitat |
Rocky reefs |
| Depth |
To 100 feet |
| Diet |
Sponge, small invertebrates, algae, zooplankton |
| Size |
14 inches |
| Abundance |
Common |
| Distribution |
Gulf of California to Peru and the Galapagos |
| Notes |
May clean large animals |
| Similar species |
Holacanthus clarionensis |
Holacanthus clarionensis
Juvenile, Cabo Pulmo, Baja California, 10 feet |
| Common name |
CLARION
ANGELFISH |
| Mexican name |
Angel de Clarion |
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| Habitat |
Rocky reefs |
| Depth |
10 to 100 feet |
| Diet |
Sponge, small invertebrates, algae, zooplankton |
| Size |
8 inches |
| Abundance |
Common only at the islands, rare on the mainland |
| Distribution |
Southern tip of Baja California, Revillagigedos, and Clipperton |
| Notes |
Adults are orange with a brown head; may clean large animals |
| Similar species |
Holacanthus passer |
TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC
Pomacanthus arcuatus
Paradise Cove, Grand Bahama,
15 feet
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| Common name |
GRAY ANGELFISH |
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| Habitat |
Rocky reefs |
| Depth |
6 feet or more |
| Diet |
Sponge, encrusting invertebrates, some algae |
| Size |
17 inches |
| Abundance |
Common, solitary or mated pairs |
| Distribution |
Western Atlantic from Massachusetts to Brazil |
Pomacanthus paru
Paradise Cove, Grand Bahama,
15 feet
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| Common name |
FRENCH ANGELFISH |
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| Habitat |
Rocky reefs with gorgonians |
| Depth |
More than 10 feet |
| Diet |
Sponge, encrusting invertebrates, algae |
| Size |
16 inches |
| Abundance |
Common |
| Distribution |
Tropical Western Atlantic; Florida to Brazil |
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