Apolemichthys

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Apolemichthys
File:Apolemichthys xanthurus 2.JPG
Apolemichthys xanthurus, the type species of this genus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Apolemichthys
Burton, 1934
Type species
Holacanthus xanthurus
Species

8, see text

Apolemichthys is a genus of marine angelfishes in the family Pomacanthidae.[2]

Species

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
File:Bandit Angelfish (13151901254).jpg Apolemichthys arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Banded angelfish reefs in Hawaii and the Johnston Atoll.
File:Corl0166 (28304650305).jpg Apolemichthys griffisi (Carlson & Taylor, 1981) Griffis angelfish Pacific Ocean
Apolemichthys guezei (Randall & Maugé, 1978) Reunion angelfish Réunion Indian Ocean
File:Apolemichthys kingi P8036639.JPG Apolemichthys kingi Heemstra, 1984 Tiger angelfish Western Indian Ocean: Natal, South Africa and Mozambique
File:Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1831).jpg Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1831) Threespot angelfish Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean
File:Golden spotted angelfish apolemichthys xanthopunctatus.jpg Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus Burgess, 1973 Goldspotted angelfish Pacific Ocean: Gilbert Islands to the Line islands. Reported from Kapingamarangi Atoll (eastern Caroline Islands), Nauru, Canton (Phoenix Islands), Howland, Baker, and Fanning (Line Islands) Atolls.
File:Arabian Smoke-Angelfish.jpg Apolemichthys xanthotis (Fraser-Brunner, 1950) Yellow-ear angelfish Red Sea, from the Gulf of Aqaba in the north, down through the Gulf of Aden in the south
File:Apolemichthys xanthurus.JPG Apolemichthys xanthurus (Bennett, 1833) Yellowtail angelfish, Maldives and the east coast of India.

Fishbase still has Apolemichthys armitagei listed as a species within this genus but notes that it is a hybrid between Apolemichthys trimaculatus and Apolemichthys xanthurus. Fishbase state that the page will be removed as part of their next update.[3]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pomacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Apolemichthys". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apolemichthys griffisi". FishBase. December 2019 version.