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Pomacanthidae
Sign in to saveMarine angelfish are perciform fish of the family Pomacanthidae. They are found on shallow reefs in the tropical Atlantic, Indian, and mostly western Pacific Oceans. The family contains seven genera and about 86 species. They should not be confused with the freshwater angelfish, tropical cichlids of the Amazon Basin.
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Pomacanthidae is a family of marine and brackish fish within the order Acanthuriformes, class Teleostei, and phylum Chordata. The family is commonly known as angelfishes and has been accepted under the authority of Jordan & Evermann, 1898. It falls under the kingdom Animalia and is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Records for this family are held by institutions including ECOSUR, YPM, CAS, TCWC, and MCZ. Documented occurrences span countries such as Mexico, the United States, Malaysia, Australia, and Belize. The taxon is also referred to by the common names keiserfiskfamilien, pexe ánxel, and cesarčki.
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Species
angelfishes
Pomacanthidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyPomacanthidae
Poissons-anges Les Pomacanthidae constituent une famille de poissons marins appartenant au vaste ordre des Perciformes (40 % des poissons osseux). Cette famille est composée de huit genres où sont ventilées plus de 80 espèces. Les Pomacanthidae sont communément nommés des Poissons-anges.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 357
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Pomacanthidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, YPM, CAS, TCWC, MCZ, USNM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Malaysia, Australia, Belize, Fiji
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Acanthuriformes
- Image
- Pygoplites diacanthus by Jacek Madejski.jpg
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- Pomacanthidae
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- taxon name
- Pomacanthidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- taxon common name
- cesarčki
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Marine angelfish are perciform fish of the family Pomacanthidae. They are found on shallow reefs in the tropical Atlantic, Indian, and mostly western Pacific Oceans. The family contains seven genera and about 86 species. They should not be confused with the freshwater angelfish, tropical cichlids of the Amazon Basin.
==Description== left|thumbnail|Royal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus) from [[East Timor]] 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".
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