Sealife guideThe semicircle angelfishPomacanthus semicirculatus
Last updated on 06/24/2024 at 10:48 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Semicircle angelfishKoran angelfish
French namesPoisson ange à demi-cercles
Scientific namePomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831)
FamilyPomacanthidae
OrderAcanthuriformes
ClassActinopterygii
Did you know ?
The semicircle angelfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The semicircle angelfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus

Arabian angelfishPomacanthus asfur

Blueface angelfishPomacanthus xanthometopon

Bluering angelfishPomacanthus annularis

Emperor angelfishPomacanthus imperator

French angelfishPomacanthus paru

Gray angelfishPomacanthus arcuatus

Sixbar angelfishPomacanthus sexstriatus

Yellow blotch angelfishPomacanthus maculosus
Within the same family

Blacktail angelfishCentropyge eibli

Flame angelfishCentropyge loriculus

Lemonpeel angelfishCentropyge flavissima

Passer angelfishHolacanthus passer

Rusty angelfishCentropyge ferrugata

Scribbled angelfishChaetodontoplus duboulayi

Three spot angelfishApolemichthys trimaculatus

Two spined angelfishCentropyge bispinosa
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