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Animal realm > Chordates > Vertebrates > Bony fishes > Perciforms > Angel fishes > Three-spot angel fish

Three-spot angel fish

Scientific name : Apolemichthys trimaculatus


Medium size angel fish (25 cm), yellow with black and white anal fin, blue lips, black spots on the brow and behind the gill operculum. Juveniles with a false eye. Colour and size could generate confusion with a butterfly fish like Chaetodon speculum, the opercular spine is always distinctive.

Associated organisms
Common in sponge rich areas, its food.


Habitat: Reef external slope

Distribution: Indo-Pacific

Sheet author: MASSIMO BOYER
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