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| SCIENTIFIC
CLASSIFICATION |
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| COMMON
NAME: |
French angelfish |
| KINGDOM: |
Animalia |
| PHYLUM: |
Chordata |
| CLASS: |
Osteichthyes |
| ORDER: |
Perciformes |
| FAMILY: |
Pomacanthidae |
| GENUS
SPECIES: |
Pomacanthus paru |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Black ovoid body with yellow edging to mid and posterior
scales. Base of pectoral fins are yellow. Face is
black save for the grayish mouth and yellow ring
around eye. Portions of dorsal and anal fins trail
beyond body mass - as is seen in most angelfish.
Solid, squared (truncate) caudal fin. Juvenile form
consists of a black body with three yellow bars.
Additionally, yellow band extends down forehead
and around mouth. Also, caudal fin is edged in yellow.
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| SIZE: |
25.4-35.6 cm (10-14 in) avg; 45.7 cm (18 in) max
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| DIET: |
Sponges, algae, bryozoans, zooantharians, gorgonians,
and tunicates |
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| INCUBATION: |
Species exhibits dioecism. Fertilization is external.
Species is open water/substratum egg scatterer.
Spawning primarily occurs in late summer. |
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| RANGE: |
Western Atlantic: Florida and Gulf of Mexico to
Brazil
Eastern Atlantic: Ascension Island and St. Paul's
Rocks |
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| HABITAT: |
3-100 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. |
French
angelfish exhibit apparently permanent, monogamous
breeding pairs. During the spawning cycle, these
pairs are highly territorial. |
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| 2. |
Juvenile form serves as a symbiotic cleaner fish,
feeding on the ectoparasites of other fish species. |
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| 3. |
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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