Pomacanthus

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Pomacanthus from Ancient Greek poma, meaning "cover", and ákantha, meaning "spine", is a genus of marine angelfish that is usually found around reefs and coral. Some of the notable places one can see these vari-coloured fish includes the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Sipidan off the southern coast of Sabah, Malaysia. Generally the patterns and colors of these fish undergo a major transformation from juvenile to adult forms. The juveniles may even appear to be a different species.

Taxonomy

The genus Pomacanthus was created in 1802 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756-1825) with the type species being designated as Chaetodon arcuatus.[1]

The name is a compound of poma meaning"lid" and acanthus which means "thorn", a reference to the prominents spine on the rear margin of the operculum, a feature shared by all the marine angelfishes.[2]

Subgenera

Some authorities divide the genus up into the following subgenera:[2]

  • Pomacanthus Lacépède, 1802
    • Pomacanthus (Pomacanthus) arcuatus
    • Pomacanthus (Pomacanthus) paru
    • Pomacanthus (Pomacanthus) zonipectus
  • Acanthochaetodon Bleeker, 1876
    • Pomacanthus (Acanthochaetodon) annularis
    • Pomacanthus (Acanthochaetodon) chrysurus
    • Pomacanthus (Acanthochaetodon) imperator
    • Pomacanthus (Acanthochaetodon) rhomboides
  • Arusetta Fraser-Brunner, 1933
    • Pomacanthus (Arusetta) asfur
    • Pomacanthus (Arusetta) maculosus
    • Pomacanthus (Arusetta) semicirculatus
  • Euxiphipops Fraser-Brunner 1934
    • Pomacanthus (Euxiphipops) navarchus
    • Pomacanthus (Euxiphipops) sexstriatus
    • Pomacanthus (Euxiphipops) xanthometopon

Species

The following 13 species are classified within the genus Pomacanthus:[3]

Adult Juvenile Scientific name Common name Distribution
File:EM DSC 2212 (2877792781).jpg Pomacanthus annularis

(Bloch, 1787)

Bluering angelfish Indo-West Pacific oceans from East Africa, throughout Indonesia and New Guinea to New Caledonia, north to southern Japan.
File:Pomacanthus arcuatus.jpg File:Grey Angelfish, Cayman Islands imported from iNaturalist photo 254671024 (cropped).jpg Pomacanthus arcuatus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Gray angelfish Western Atlantic from New England to the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and also the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean, including the Antilles
File:Pomacanthus asfur 2.jpg Pomacanthus

asfur (Forsskål, 1775)

Arabian angelfish Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to Zanzibar. Also found in the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea.
File:Pomacanthus chrysurus - poisson ange a oreille taché - Aqua Porte Dorée 10.JPG Pomacanthus

chrysurus (Cuvier, 1831)

Goldtail angelfish Western Indian Ocean (South Africa including Comoros, Seychelles and Madagascar)
File:Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator).jpg File:Pomacanthus imperator (Emperor angelfish) juvenile Timor (cropped).jpg Pomacanthus

imperator (Bloch, 1787)

Emperor angelfish Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea to Hawaii, the Austral Islands and Mediterranean
File:Yellowbar angelfish.jpg File:Juvenilemaculosus.jpg Pomacanthus

maculosus (Forsskål, 1775)

Yellowbar angelfish Persian Gulf, northwestern Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and Mediterranean
File:Bluegirdled angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus) (46982094954).jpg Pomacanthus

navarchus (Cuvier, 1831)

Blue-girdled angelfish Indo-Pacific region
File:Beauty and Brains (8457803488).jpg File:French Angelfish, Othón P. Blanco, MX-QR, MX imported from iNaturalist photo 177981750 (cropped).jpg Pomacanthus

paru (Bloch, 1787)

French angelfish Western Atlantic from New York and the Bahamas to Brazil, and also the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, including the Antilles, Roatan, and the eastern Atlantic from around Ascension Island and St. Paul's Rocks
File:Pomacanthus rhomboides, Sodwana Bay.jpg File:Trapez-Kaiserfisch (Pomacanthus rhombiodes) 02.jpg Pomacanthus

rhomboides (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)

Old woman angelfish Western Indian Ocean
File:Semicircle angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus).jpg File:Pomacanthus semicirculatus juvenile Kasai aquarium.jpg Pomacanthus

semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831)

Semicircle angelfish East coast of Africa to Fiji and Japan, the east coast of Australia and New Caledonia.
File:Six-banded angelfish (Pomacanthus sexstriatus).jpg File:Sixband Angelfish, Îles Raja Ampat, Papouasie occidentale, Indonésie imported from iNaturalist photo 485792976 (cropped).jpg Pomacanthus

sexstriatus (Cuvier, 1831)

Sixbar angelfish South Pacific reefs, most commonly the Great Barrier Reef of Australia's north-east coast
File:Pomacanthus xanthometopon 2.jpg File:Pomacanthus xanthometopon juvenil (cropped).jpg Pomacanthus

xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853)

Yellowface angelfish, Blueface angelfish Maldive Islands, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, northern Australia and Micronesia
File:Pomacanthus zonipectus 240870066 (cropped).jpg File:Pomacanthus zonipectus 249958032 (square).jpg Pomacanthus

zonipectus (Gill, 1862)

Cortez angelfish Eastern Pacific

References

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