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 !

The bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) © Iliuta Goean | Dreamstime.com

The bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) © Krzysztof221 | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Arabian angelfish
(Pomacanthus asfur)

Blueface angelfish
(Pomacanthus xanthometopon)

French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)

Gray angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)

Semicircle angelfish
(Pomacanthus semicirculatus)

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)

Blue spotted angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus)

Goldflake angelfish
(Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus)

Lemonpeel angelfish
(Centropyge flavissima)

Passer angelfish
(Holacanthus passer)

Rusty angelfish
(Centropyge ferrugata)

Vermiculated angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus)

Discover also

Angler
(Lophius piscatorius)

Arctic shanny
(Stichaeus punctatus)

Banded butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)

Bluefin trevally
(Caranx melampygus)

Honeycomb grouper
(Epinephelus merra)

Humbug damselfish
(Dascyllus aruanus)

Longnosed stargazer
(Ichthyscopus lebeck)

Saddle wrasse
(Thalassoma duperrey)

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