Sealife guideThe bluering angelfishPomacanthus annularis

Last updated on 03/01/2024 at 07:52 PM

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

Arabian angelfish
(Pomacanthus asfur)

Blueface angelfish
(Pomacanthus xanthometopon)

Emperor angelfish
(Pomacanthus imperator)

French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)

Gray angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)

Sixbar angelfish
(Pomacanthus sexstriatus)

Yellow blotch angelfish
(Pomacanthus maculosus)

Yellow lemonpeel angelfish
(Pomacanthus navarchus)

Within the same family

Bicolor angelfish
(Centropyge bicolor)

Blackstriped angelfish
(Genicanthus lamarck)

Multibarred angelfish
(Paracentropyge multifasciata)

Passer angelfish
(Holacanthus passer)

Queen angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)

Rusty angelfish
(Centropyge ferrugata)

Scribbled angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus duboulayi)

Two spined angelfish
(Centropyge bispinosa)

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(Oblada melanurus)

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(Epinephelus labriformis)

Violet squirrelfish
(Sargocentron violaceum)

Whitespotted filefish
(Cantherhines dumerilii)

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