Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Pomacanthidae > Pomacanthus > Pomacanthus navarchus

Pomacanthus navarchus (Young blue girdled angel; Navarchus angelfish; Majestic angelfish; Blue-girdled angelfish; Bluegirdled angelfish; Bluegirdle angelfish; Blue girdled angelfish; Blue girdled angel; Angelfish)

Synonyms: Arusetta navarchus; Euxiphipops navarchus; Holacanthus amiralis; Holacanthus navarchus; Pomacanthodes navarchus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Pomacanthus navarchus, the blue-girdled angelfish or majestic angelfish, is a marine angelfish from the Indo-Pacific ocean as well as some parts of the east Indian Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. P. navarchus is one of the smallest of the larger species of angelfish. It grows to a size of 41 centimetres (16 in) in length, but usually much smaller, and can live to be up to 21 years old. Younger fish stay closer to the shallows, but the more mature fish can be found up to 120 feet (37 m) deep. Majestic Angelfish eat mainly sponges and tunicates. Juvenile fish are mostly blue in color with white stripes. As they mature, they take on a yellow coloration on the flanks, dorsal fin, and tail as seen in the image at right.
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Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  15 years

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0