Sealife guideThe semicircle angelfishPomacanthus semicirculatus
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

Sixbar angelfish
(Pomacanthus sexstriatus)
(Pomacanthus sexstriatus)

Blueface angelfish
(Pomacanthus xanthometopon)
(Pomacanthus xanthometopon)

Yellow lemonpeel angelfish
(Pomacanthus navarchus)
(Pomacanthus navarchus)

Bluering angelfish
(Pomacanthus annularis)
(Pomacanthus annularis)

Arabian angelfish
(Pomacanthus asfur)
(Pomacanthus asfur)

Emperor angelfish
(Pomacanthus imperator)
(Pomacanthus imperator)

French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
(Pomacanthus paru)

Yellow blotch angelfish
(Pomacanthus maculosus)
(Pomacanthus maculosus)
Within the same family

Goldflake angelfish
(Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus)
(Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus)

Three spot angelfish
(Apolemichthys trimaculatus)
(Apolemichthys trimaculatus)

Banded angelfish
(Apolemichthys arcuatus)
(Apolemichthys arcuatus)

Bicolor angelfish
(Centropyge bicolor)
(Centropyge bicolor)

Blacktail angelfish
(Centropyge eibli)
(Centropyge eibli)

Flame angelfish
(Centropyge loriculus)
(Centropyge loriculus)

Rock beauty
(Holacanthus tricolor)
(Holacanthus tricolor)

Vermiculated angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus)
(Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus)
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(Paranthias furcifer)
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(Thunnus albacares)
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(Lutjanus kasmira)
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