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)
(Pomacanthus asfur)

Blueface angelfish
(Pomacanthus xanthometopon)
(Pomacanthus xanthometopon)

Emperor angelfish
(Pomacanthus imperator)
(Pomacanthus imperator)

French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
(Pomacanthus paru)

Gray angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)

Sixbar angelfish
(Pomacanthus sexstriatus)
(Pomacanthus sexstriatus)

Yellow blotch angelfish
(Pomacanthus maculosus)
(Pomacanthus maculosus)

Yellow lemonpeel angelfish
(Pomacanthus navarchus)
(Pomacanthus navarchus)
Within the same family

Bicolor angelfish
(Centropyge bicolor)
(Centropyge bicolor)

Blue spotted angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus)
(Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus)

Lemonpeel angelfish
(Centropyge flavissima)
(Centropyge flavissima)

Multibarred angelfish
(Paracentropyge multifasciata)
(Paracentropyge multifasciata)

Pearl-scaled angelfish
(Centropyge vrolikii)
(Centropyge vrolikii)

Rock beauty
(Holacanthus tricolor)
(Holacanthus tricolor)

Royal angelfish
(Pygoplites diacanthus)
(Pygoplites diacanthus)

Rusty angelfish
(Centropyge ferrugata)
(Centropyge ferrugata)
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Bonefish
(Albula vulpes)
(Albula vulpes)

Doublebar goatfish
(Parupeneus trifasciatus)
(Parupeneus trifasciatus)

Fourline wrasse
(Larabicus quadrilineatus)
(Larabicus quadrilineatus)

Goldspotted eel
(Myrichthys ocellatus)
(Myrichthys ocellatus)

Midnight snapper
(Macolor macularis)
(Macolor macularis)

Peppered butterflyfish
(Chaetodon guttatissimus)
(Chaetodon guttatissimus)

Red-spotted sandperch
(Parapercis schauinslandii)
(Parapercis schauinslandii)

Ringneck blenny
(Parablennius pilicornis)
(Parablennius pilicornis)
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