With their bright colours and deep, laterally compressed bodies, marine angelfishes are some of the more conspicuous residents of the reef. They most closely resemble the butterflyfishes, a related family of similarly showy reef fish. Marine angelfish are distinguished from butterflyfish by the presence of strong preopercle spines (part of the gill covers) in the former. This feature also explains the family name Pomacanthidae; from the Greek πομα, poma meaning "cover" and ακάνθα, akantha meaning "thorn". Learn more about Angelfish
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Angelfish Species Videos
Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Angelfish (851 videos) | Pterophyllum scalare | Not Available |
Arabian Angelfish (17 videos) | Pomacanthus asfur | Least concern |
Banded Angelfish (59 videos) | Apolemichthys arcuatus | Least concern |
Barred Angelfish (1 videos) | Paracentropyge multifasciata | Least concern |
Bicolor Angelfish (11 videos) | Centropyge bicolor | Least concern |
Blackspot Angelfish (4 videos) | Centropyge nigriocella | Not Available |
Blackstriped Angelfish (1 videos) | Genicanthus lamarck | Least concern |
Blue Angelfish (20 videos) | Holacanthus bermudensis | Least concern |
Blueface Angelfish (31 videos) | Chaetodontoplus personifer | Least concern |
Bluegirdled Angelfish (3 videos) | Pomacanthus navarchus | Least concern |
Bluering Angelfish (20 videos) | Pomacanthus annularis | Least concern |
Cherubfish (1 videos) | Centropyge argi | Least concern |
Clarion Angelfish (34 videos) | Holacanthus clarionensis | Vulnerable |
Cortez Angelfish (20 videos) | Pomacanthus zonipectus | Least concern |
Emperor Angelfish (154 videos) | Pomacanthus imperator | Least concern |
Flame Angel (17 videos) | Centropyge loricula | Least concern |
French Angelfish (57 videos) | Pomacanthus paru | Least concern |
Gray Angelfish (32 videos) | Pomacanthus arcuatus | Least concern |
Keyhole Angelfish (1 videos) | Centropyge tibicen | Least concern |
King Angelfish (71 videos) | Holacanthus passer | Least concern |
Lemonpeel Angelfish (5 videos) | Centropyge flavissima | Least concern |
Queen Angelfish (20 videos) | Holacanthus ciliaris | Least concern |
Regal Angelfish (34 videos) | Pygoplites diacanthus | Least concern |
Rock Beauty (2 videos) | Holacanthus tricolor | Least concern |
Russet Angelfish (8 videos) | Centropyge potteri | Least concern |
Semicircle Angelfish (26 videos) | Pomacanthus semicirculatus | Least concern |
Sixbar Angelfish (17 videos) | Pomacanthus sexstriatus | Least concern |
Spotbreast Angelfish (4 videos) | Genicanthus melanospilos | Least concern |
Threespot Angelfish (5 videos) | Apolemichthys trimaculatus | Least concern |
Yellow Angelfish (7 videos) | Centropyge heraldi | Least concern |
Yellowbar Angelfish (22 videos) | Pomacanthus maculosus | Least concern |
Yellowface Angelfish (40 videos) | Pomacanthus xanthometopon | Least concern |
Yellowtail Angelfish (2 videos) | Apolemichthys xanthurus | Least concern |