Sealife guideThe bluering angelfishPomacanthus annularis

The bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) © Sergey Skleznev | Dreamstime.com

Taxonomy

Common name: Bluering angelfish
French name: Poisson ange annelé
Scientific name: Pomacanthus annularis (Bloch, 1787)
Family name: Pomacanthidae
Order name: Acanthuriformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The bluering angelfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The bluering angelfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !

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The bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) © Krzysztof221 | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Semicircle angelfish
(Pomacanthus semicirculatus)

Sixbar angelfish
(Pomacanthus sexstriatus)

Blueface angelfish
(Pomacanthus xanthometopon)

Yellow lemonpeel angelfish
(Pomacanthus navarchus)

Arabian angelfish
(Pomacanthus asfur)

Emperor angelfish
(Pomacanthus imperator)

French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)

Yellow blotch angelfish
(Pomacanthus maculosus)

Within the same family

Passer angelfish
(Holacanthus passer)

Goldflake angelfish
(Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus)

Three spot angelfish
(Apolemichthys trimaculatus)

Banded angelfish
(Apolemichthys arcuatus)

Yellow-ear angelfish
(Apolemichthys xanthotis)

Royal angelfish
(Pygoplites diacanthus)

Two spined angelfish
(Centropyge bispinosa)

Bicolor angelfish
(Centropyge bicolor)

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(Amblyglyphidodon indicus)

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(Arothron nigropunctatus)

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(Synanceia verrucosa)

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(Diplodus cervinus)

Hook-nosed sole
(Heteromycteris hartzfeldii)

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(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

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