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Pomacanthidae
emperor angelfish
Pomacanthus imperator
Pomacanthid Fish beneath Indo Pacific
emperor angelfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 40 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Pomacanthidae
- Genus
- Pomacanthus
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Line and Tuamoto islands, North to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, South to the Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, and the Austral Islands (Ref. 33390 ). Mention from Hawaii Is., but likely to be aquarium releases (Ref. 58302 ). Not found in Easter Island, Rapa and the Marquesan Islands (Ref. 48391 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

