Queen Angelfish

Queen Angelfish

Taxobox
name = Queen Angelfish



image_width = 200px
status = LC
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Pomacanthidae
genus = "Holacanthus"
species = "H. ciliaris"
binomial = "Holacanthus ciliaris"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

The Queen Angelfish ("Holacanthus ciliaris") is an angelfish commonly found near reefs in the warmer sections of the western Atlantic Ocean.

Description

The Queen angelfish's overall body color can be described as blue to bluegreen with yellow rims on its scales. Their pectoral fins and ventral fins are also yellow but their lips and the edges of their dorsal fins and anal fins are dark blue. Queen angelfish are also known to have blue markings around each gill cover. Juveniles have dark blue bodies with yellow lips and gills and vertical bars ranging in color from light blue too. angel fish live p to 15 yrs in the wild and reach up to 45 centimetres in length.white.

Distribution

Queen Angelfish inhabit reefs and are common near Florida, the Bahamas, and the Gulf of Mexico. It is rarely seen in the Bermuda Triangle and as far south as Brazil.

References

*REEF FISH Identification FLORIDA CARIBBEAN BAHAMAS; Humann, Paul and Ned Deloach; New World Publications Inc., jacksonville, Fl; pp. 20-21
*IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 28 September 2007.


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