Sealife guideThe emperor angelfishPomacanthus imperator

Last updated on 03/09/2024 at 11:50 AM

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

Arabian angelfish
(Pomacanthus asfur)

Blueface angelfish
(Pomacanthus xanthometopon)

Bluering angelfish
(Pomacanthus annularis)

French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)

Gray angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)

Semicircle angelfish
(Pomacanthus semicirculatus)

Sixbar angelfish
(Pomacanthus sexstriatus)

Yellow lemonpeel angelfish
(Pomacanthus navarchus)

Within the same family

Banded angelfish
(Apolemichthys arcuatus)

Goldflake angelfish
(Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus)

Lemonpeel angelfish
(Centropyge flavissima)

Multibarred angelfish
(Paracentropyge multifasciata)

Passer angelfish
(Holacanthus passer)

Scribbled angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus duboulayi)

Three spot angelfish
(Apolemichthys trimaculatus)

Zebra angelfish
(Genicanthus caudovittatus)

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Bermuda chub
(Kyphosus sectatrix)

Bluelined wrasse
(Stethojulis albovittata)

Hector's goby
(Koumansetta hectori)

Pictus blenny
(Ecsenius pictus)

Pyramid butterflyfish
(Hemitaurichthys polylepis)

Vermiculate rabbitfish
(Siganus vermiculatus)

Y-bar shrimp goby
(Cryptocentrus fasciatus)

Yellowhead wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)

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