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)

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

Black-spot angelfish
(Genicanthus melanospilos)

Blackstriped angelfish
(Genicanthus lamarck)

Rock beauty
(Holacanthus tricolor)

Royal angelfish
(Pygoplites diacanthus)

Scribbled angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus duboulayi)

Two spined angelfish
(Centropyge bispinosa)

Vermiculated angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus)

Yellow-ear angelfish
(Apolemichthys xanthotis)

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(Ostorhinchus sealei)

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(Brachysomophis cirrocheilos)

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(Canthigaster valentini)

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