Sealife guideThe emperor angelfishPomacanthus imperator

Le poisson ange empereur (Pomacanthus imperator) © Johannesk | Dreamstime.com

Taxonomy

Common name: Emperor angelfish
French name: Poisson ange empereur
Scientific name: Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787)
Family name: Pomacanthidae
Order name: Acanthuriformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

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

The emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) © Stephankerkhofs | 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)

French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)

Yellow blotch angelfish
(Pomacanthus maculosus)

Gray angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)

Within the same family

Banded angelfish
(Apolemichthys arcuatus)

Scribbled angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus duboulayi)

Blackstriped angelfish
(Genicanthus lamarck)

Zebra angelfish
(Genicanthus caudovittatus)

Pearl-scaled angelfish
(Centropyge vrolikii)

Bicolor angelfish
(Centropyge bicolor)

Blacktail angelfish
(Centropyge eibli)

Flame angelfish
(Centropyge loriculus)

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(Ogcocephalus radiatus)

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(Aluterus scriptus)

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(Lutjanus bengalensis)

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