''Pomacanthus'' 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
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, 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.
Species
The following 13 species are classified within the genus ''Pomacanthus'':
Systematics
The genus ''Pomacanthus'' was created in 1802 by the
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756-1825) with the
type species being designated as ''Chaetodon arcuatus''.
[ 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.][
* ''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''
]
References
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Pomacanthidae
Extant Late Cretaceous first appearances
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
