Dr. Gerry R. Allen, Australien
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(Bleeker, 1860)
Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus also known as Velvet angelfish is found in the Asian Pacific from Indonesia and Philippines, north to south-west Japan.
The Velvet angelfish has a light gray head and back, black below, dorsal and anal fins are black with yellow margins, he has a yellow tail; maze of yellow markings on snout and nape.
Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus is mostly seen solitary or in pairs in inshore and outer rock and coral reefs in 5-30m deep.
Remarks:
Most large angelfish are well known for nipping at large-polyped stony corals and some soft corals as well as tridacnid clam mantles.
Synonym:
Holacanthus dimidiatus Bleeker, 1860
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Pomacanthidae (Family) > Chaetodontoplus (Genus) > Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus (Species)
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Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus also known as Velvet angelfish is found in the Asian Pacific from Indonesia and Philippines, north to south-west Japan.
The Velvet angelfish has a light gray head and back, black below, dorsal and anal fins are black with yellow margins, he has a yellow tail; maze of yellow markings on snout and nape.
Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus is mostly seen solitary or in pairs in inshore and outer rock and coral reefs in 5-30m deep.
Remarks:
Most large angelfish are well known for nipping at large-polyped stony corals and some soft corals as well as tridacnid clam mantles.
Synonym:
Holacanthus dimidiatus Bleeker, 1860
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Pomacanthidae (Family) > Chaetodontoplus (Genus) > Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus (Species)
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