Sealife guideThe three spot angelfishApolemichthys trimaculatus

Last updated on 07/11/2024 at 12:13 AM

Taxonomy

Common name: Three spot angelfish
French name: Poisson ange à trois taches
Scientific name: Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1831)
Family name: Pomacanthidae
Order name: Acanthuriformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The three spot angelfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The three spot angelfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !

The three spot angelfish (Apolemichthys trimaculatus) © Carol Buchanan | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Banded angelfish
(Apolemichthys arcuatus)

Goldflake angelfish
(Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus)

Yellow-ear angelfish
(Apolemichthys xanthotis)

Within the same family

Bicolor angelfish
(Centropyge bicolor)

Blackstriped angelfish
(Genicanthus lamarck)

French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)

Lemonpeel angelfish
(Centropyge flavissima)

Multibarred angelfish
(Paracentropyge multifasciata)

Royal angelfish
(Pygoplites diacanthus)

Scribbled angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus duboulayi)

Semicircle angelfish
(Pomacanthus semicirculatus)

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(Heniochus varius)

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(Monotaxis grandoculis)

Leopard snake eel
(Myrichthys pardalis)

Ocean triggerfish
(Canthidermis sufflamen)

Picasso triggerfish
(Rhinecanthus aculeatus)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Yellow chromis
(Chromis analis)

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