Apolemichthys

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Apolemichthys is a genus of marine angelfishes in the family Pomacanthidae.[1]

Species

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
File:2929 aquaimages (cropped).jpg Apolemichthys arcuatus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Banded angelfish reefs in Hawaii and the Johnston Atoll.
File:Corl0166 (28304650305).jpg Apolemichthys griffisi

(Carlson & Taylor, 1981)

Griffis angelfish Pacific Ocean
Apolemichthys guezei

(Randall & Maugé, 1978)

Reunion angelfish Réunion Indian Ocean
File:Apolemichthys kingi P8036639.JPG Apolemichthys kingi Heemstra, 1984 Tiger angelfish Western Indian Ocean: Natal, South Africa and Mozambique
File:Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1831).jpg Apolemichthys trimaculatus

(Cuvier, 1831)

Threespot angelfish Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean
File:Golden spotted angelfish apolemichthys xanthopunctatus.jpg Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus Burgess, 1973 Goldspotted angelfish Pacific Ocean: Gilbert Islands to the Line islands. Reported from Kapingamarangi Atoll (eastern Caroline Islands), Nauru, Canton (Phoenix Islands), Howland, Baker, and Fanning (Line Islands) Atolls.
File:Arabian Smoke-Angelfish.jpg Apolemichthys xanthotis

(Fraser-Brunner, 1950)

Yellow-ear angelfish Red Sea, from the Gulf of Aqaba in the north, down through the Gulf of Aden in the south
File:Apolemichthys xanthurus.JPG Apolemichthys xanthurus

(Bennett, 1833)

Yellowtail angelfish, Maldives and the east coast of India.

Fishbase still has Apolemichthys armitagei listed as a species within this genus but notes that it is a hybrid between Apolemichthys trimaculatus and Apolemichthys xanthurus. Fishbase state that the page will be removed as part of their next update.[2]

References

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