marine biology angelfish

Marine Biology

Angelfish

French Angelfish

juvenile intermediate

adult

French Angelfish’s distinctive features includeBlack with bright yellow rims on scales.

French AngelfishFrench Angelfish have round tails.The juvenile’s have a yellow borderWhich forms an oval like shape.

juvenile

These little fishies are usuallyNot afraid of divers.

Queen Angelfish

juvenile

adult

The Queen Angelfish has a darkblue spot on it’s forehead, withbright blue spots on it andcircling around it, forming thecrown atop the Queen’s head.

They also haveA yellow tail.

Queen Angelfish

The juvenile’s alsoHave a curved secondStripe which makesIt easier to tell apartFrom the Blue Angelfish.

juvenile

Blue Angelfish

juvenile

adult

A distinctive feature of theBlue Angelfish is that thetail and pectoral fins arebordered in yellow.

On the juvenile the middleblue bar is straight unlikethe Queen Angelfish

They are somewhat shy.But once they take a step backThey usually come back to get aCloser look.

Gray Angelfish

juvenile

adult

They also have square cut tails

Gray Angelfish

Their tails also have awhite to transparentmargin

The inner face of thepectoral fin is yellow.

Townsend Angelfish

No juvenile photo available

adult

Queen and BlueAngelfishesoccasionallyinterbreedcreating theTownsend

They carry traitssimilar to boththe Queen andBlue Angelfish.

For example theymay have the bluecrown like theQueen but withoutthe spots within it.

They alsomay have ahalf yellowtail.

Rock BeautyThe mid and rear of thebody is black

As they get older the blackspot grows larger and theblue ring disappears

The really young RockBeauties have a blackspot ringed with a brightblue on the rear end oftheir body

Juvenile

intermediate

adult

Rock Beauty

The forebody and tailis a yellow to yellow-orange color