Pygoplites diacanthus   (Boddaert,  1772) (Fish)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes
Family:Pomacanthidae

Image copyrights: Randall, J.E.
Description
Size: 25.0 cm SL

Color: Sides with alternating dark-edged bluish white and orange stripes which narrow and angle backward in dorsal fin, posterior portion of dorsal fin black with close-set blue dots, posterior portion of anal fin with alternating yellow and blue bands running parallel to body contour, caudal fin yellow. Juveniles with a large ocellated dark spot on basal portion of the soft dorsal fin.

Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 14, Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 19, Anal spines: 3, Anal soft rays: 17 - 19.

Max. age reported: 15 years
Synonym (s)
• Chaetodon diacanthus Boddaert, 1772
• Holacanthus diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772)
(Senior synonym)
• Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772)
(Senior synonym)
• Chaetodon diacanthus Boddaert, 1782
• Chaetodon boddaerti Gmelin, 1789
• Chaetodon fasciatus Bloch, 1787
• Chaetodon diacanthus Bloch and Schneider, 1801
• Holacanthus dux Lacepede, 1802
• Holacanthus dux Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1831
• Holacanthus dux Ruppell, 1835
• Holacanthus dux Bleeker, 1852
• Holacanthus dux Ruppell, 1852
• Holacanthus dux Bleeker, 1860
• Holacanthus diacanthus Gunther, 1860
• Holacanthus diacanthus Kner, 1863
• Holacanthus diacanthus Playfair, 1866
• Holacanthus diacanthus Klunzinger, 1870
• Holacanthus diacanthus Bleeker, 1872
• Holacanthus diacanthus Gunther, 1873
• Holacanthus diacanthus Gunther, 1875
• Holacanthus diacanthus Bleeker, 1875
• Holacanthus diacanthus Day, 1888
• Holacanthus diacanthus Macleay, 1883
• Holacanthus diacanthus Klunzinger, 1884
• Holacanthus diacanthus Sauvage, 1891
• Holacanthus bispinous Jordan and Evermann, 1905
• Holacanthus diacanthus Seale, 1906
• Holacanthus diacanthus Jordan and Seale, 1907
• Holacanthus diacanthus M. Weber, 1913
• Holacanthus diacanthus Ogilby, 1915
• Centropyge diacantha Jordan, 1922
• Holacanthus diacanthus Herre and Montalban, 1927
• Holacanthus diacanthus Fowler, 1928
• Holacanthus diacanthus Duncker and Mohr, 1929
• Holacanthus diacanthus Fowler and Bean, 1929
• Holacanthus diacanthus Herre, 1931
• Pygoplites diacanthus Fraser-Brunner, 1933
Common Name (s)
• Regal Angelfish (English)
• Royal Angelfish (English)
Economic Importance and Threats
Importance:  Commercial
(Fisheries, aquarium)
Ecology
Habitat:  Reef Associated
Trophic Level:  Secondary Consumer
Prey:  Zoobenthos, plants, benthic algae/weeds
Biogeography


• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands (Lat: 10) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Kavaratti Atoll (Lat: 10.55) (Long: 72.63) INDIA (Record: 01/1991-06/1992)
Literature Source(s)
  • Rao, DV; Devi, K and Rajan, PT (2000) An account of ichthyofauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal Occasional paper no 178 Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI, Calcutta 1-434 Available at - NCL, Pune
  • Devi, K and Rao, DV (2003) Poisonous and venomous fishes of Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal Occasional paper no 211 Records of The Zoolgical Survey of India ZSI, Calcutta 25934 Available at - NCL, Pune
  • James, C; O'Farrell, S; Hamylton, S; Ingwersen, C and Walker, R The coral reef resources of Mu Ko Surin national park, Thailand Coral Cay Conservation Available at - www.coralcay.org
  • Rouphael, T; Turak, E and Jon, B Seagrasses and mangroves of Yemen's Red Sea 41-89
  • Durville, P; Chabanet, P and Quod, JP (2003) Visual Census of the Reef Fishes in the Natural Reserve of the Glorieuses Islands (Western Indian Ocean) Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. WIOMSA 2 95-104
  • Chabanet, P and Patrick, D (2005) Reef Fish Inventory of Juan De Novas Natural Park (Western Indian Ocean) Western Indian Ocean Journal Marine Sciences 2005 WIOMSA 4 145-162
  • Froese, R and Pauly, D (2000) Fishbase 2000: Concepts, design and data sources ICLARM 344 pp Available at - http://www.fishbase.org
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • Anand, PEV and Pillai, NGK (2003) Habitat distribution and species diversity of coral reef fishes in the reefslope of the Kavaratti atoll, Lakshadweep, India Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India The Marine Biological Association of India, Cochin 45(1) 88-98 Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Weber, M; Beaufort, LF (1936) The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago Print times, Pataudi house, Daryaganj, New Delhi 7 607 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
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