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yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus)
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yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus) specimen
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Pomacanthidae

yellowbar angelfish

Pomacanthus maculosus

Deep Bodied Pomacanthid Fish of the Persian Gulf

  • Yellow
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • South America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

yellowbar angelfish is a marine fish from Western Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 50 cm.

Maximum length
50 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: from the Persian Gulf to the coast of Mozambique, East Africa; the Mediterranean Sea, western (Brazil and Florida) and eastern Atlantic Ocean (Canary Is.) and central Pacific. First record from the Eastern Pacific,
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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