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Sixbar angelfish

Pomacanthus sexstriatus

Photo by JordiPrats
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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow body with black vertical stripes, one white vertical stripe on each side of its black head, fluorescent blue spots on the body, fins and tail and fluorescent blue lines on the top and bottom fin and tail.
About 30cm in large.

Habitat:

Spotted at Sebayur Besar Island, coral reef area, Indonesia.
They are common in South Pacific reefs, most commonly the Great Barrier Reef of Australia's north-east coast.

Notes:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Pomacanthus
Species: P. sexstriatus

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PublishedMay 29, 2018

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