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 !
Within the same genus
Arabian angelfish (Pomacanthus asfur)
Arabian angelfish
(Pomacanthus asfur)
Blueface angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon)
Blueface angelfish
(Pomacanthus xanthometopon)
Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
Emperor angelfish
(Pomacanthus imperator)
French angelfish (Pomacanthus paru)
French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
Gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus)
Gray angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)
Sixbar angelfish (Pomacanthus sexstriatus)
Sixbar angelfish
(Pomacanthus sexstriatus)
Yellow blotch angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus)
Yellow blotch angelfish
(Pomacanthus maculosus)
Yellow lemonpeel angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus)
Yellow lemonpeel angelfish
(Pomacanthus navarchus)
Within the same family
Bicolor angelfish (Centropyge bicolor)
Bicolor angelfish
(Centropyge bicolor)
Blue spotted angelfish (Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus)
Blue spotted angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus)
Lemonpeel angelfish (Centropyge flavissima)
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(Centropyge flavissima)
Multibarred angelfish (Paracentropyge multifasciata)
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(Paracentropyge multifasciata)
Pearl-scaled angelfish (Centropyge vrolikii)
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(Centropyge vrolikii)
Rock beauty (Holacanthus tricolor)
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(Holacanthus tricolor)
Royal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus)
Royal angelfish
(Pygoplites diacanthus)
Rusty angelfish (Centropyge ferrugata)
Rusty angelfish
(Centropyge ferrugata)
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Bonefish
(Albula vulpes)
Doublebar goatfish (Parupeneus trifasciatus)
Doublebar goatfish
(Parupeneus trifasciatus)
Fourline wrasse (Larabicus quadrilineatus)
Fourline wrasse
(Larabicus quadrilineatus)
Goldspotted eel (Myrichthys ocellatus)
Goldspotted eel
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Midnight snapper (Macolor macularis)
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Peppered butterflyfish
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Red-spotted sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandii)
Red-spotted sandperch
(Parapercis schauinslandii)
Ringneck blenny (Parablennius pilicornis)
Ringneck blenny
(Parablennius pilicornis)

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