Sealife guideThe semicircle angelfishPomacanthus semicirculatus

Last updated on 06/24/2024 at 10:48 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Semicircle angelfish, Koran angelfish
French name: Poisson ange à demi-cercles
Scientific name: Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831)
Family name: Pomacanthidae
Order name: Acanthuriformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

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 !

Le poisson ange à demi-cercles juvénile () (Pomacanthus semicirculatus) © Iliuta Goean | Dreamstime.com

The semicircle angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus) © Elias Levy sous licence Creative Commons

Within the same genus

Blueface angelfish
(Pomacanthus xanthometopon)

Bluering angelfish
(Pomacanthus annularis)

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

Banded angelfish
(Apolemichthys arcuatus)

Bicolor angelfish
(Centropyge bicolor)

Blackstriped angelfish
(Genicanthus lamarck)

Multibarred angelfish
(Paracentropyge multifasciata)

Queen angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)

Scribbled angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus duboulayi)

Two spined angelfish
(Centropyge bispinosa)

Yellow-ear angelfish
(Apolemichthys xanthotis)

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(Dunckerocampus pessuliferus)

Yellowhead jawfish
(Opistognathus aurifrons)

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(Gymnomuraena zebra)

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