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Emperor angelfish
Pomacanthus imperator
Horizontal blue and yellow stripes, and a mask over the eyes.
- How often
- Common
- Group
- Fish
- Visible while snorkelling
- Visible while snorkelling
One of the most recognisable fish in the Indo-Pacific: a body of clean diagonal blue and yellow stripes, a dark mask across the eyes, and a yellow tail. Adults reach about forty centimetres and hold a territory around a coral head with caves in it.
The change from juvenile to adult is total. Young fish are dark blue with white concentric rings and were once described as a separate species.
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