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| SCIENTIFIC
CLASSIFICATION |
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| COMMON
NAME: |
queen angelfish |
| KINGDOM: |
Animalia |
| PHYLUM: |
Chordata |
| CLASS: |
Osteichthyes |
| ORDER: |
Perciformes |
| FAMILY: |
Pomacanthidae |
| GENUS
SPECIES: |
Holacanthus ciliaris |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Blue to greenish-blue ovoid body with yellow edging
to mid and posterior scales. Pectoral, ventral,
and caudal fins are yellow. Face is yellow save
for the blue mouth. Distinctive dark blue oscellated
spot on forehead. Dorsal and anal fins trail beyond
body mass - as is seen in most angelfish. Solid,
squared (truncate) caudal fin. Juvenile form consists
of primarily dark blue body with multiple brilliant
blue bars and yellow features (mouth, region from
pectoral to ventral fins, and caudal fin). Additionally,
mid-body bars are curved. Also, dorsal and anal
fins are edged in brilliant blue. |
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| SIZE: |
20.3-35.6 cm (8-14 in) avg; 45.7 cm (18 in) max |
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| WEIGHT: |
1.6 kg (3.5 lbs) max |
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| DIET: |
Primarily sponges, supplemented by algae, tunicates,
hydroids, and bryozoans |
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| INCUBATION: |
Species exhibits dioecism. Fertilization is external.
Species is open water/substratum egg scatterer.
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| SEXUAL
MATURITY: |
22-24 cm in total body length |
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| RANGE: |
Western Atlantic: Florida and Gulf of Mexico to
Brazil, including Antilles
Eastern Central Atlantic: St. Paul's Rocks |
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| HABITAT: |
1-70 meters in tropical & sub-tropical coastal
marine waters |
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| POPULATION: |
GLOBAL |
No
data |
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| STATUS: |
IUCN |
Not
listed |
| CITES |
Not listed |
| USFWS |
Not
listed |
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| 1. |
Juvenile
form will symbiotically feed on ectoparasites found
on other fish species. |
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| 2. |
For
more information about bony fishes, explore the
bony
fishes info book. |
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| Bond,
Carl E. Biology of Fishes - Second Edition.
Saunders College Publishing, 1996. |
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Humann, Paul. Reef Fish Identification - Florida,
Caribbean, Bahamas. New World Publications,
Inc., 1992. |
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www.fishbase.org
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