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Pomacanthidae

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Pomacanthidae

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The taxonomic database WoRMS accepts the family Pomacanthidae, authored by Jordan & Evermann in 1898.[1] According to Wikipedia, the family includes 88 species distributed across eight genera.[2] As of 7 October 2026, GBIF reports 325,350 occurrence records for this taxon.[3]

Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassActinopterygii
  4. DivisionTeleostei
  5. OrderAcanthuriformes
  6. FamilyPomacanthidae

Named by Jordan & Evermann, 1898

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Pomacanthidae (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Quick Facts

Species count
about 86 (or 88)
Max length
60 cm (gray angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus)
Min length
15 cm (Centropyge genus)
Typical length
20 to 30 cm / 1 ft

Facts from the source article.

Biology and range

Larger species are described as bold and seemingly fearless, known to approach divers.[4] Sponges, tunicates, bryozoans, and hydroids are staple foods for other species that target sessile benthic invertebrates.[4] WoRMS places the family in the order Acanthuriformes, whereas GBIF lists it under Perciformes.[1][3] Taxonomists have also assigned Pomacanthidae to the order Perciformes or classified it as incertae sedis.[5]

The environment for this family includes both marine and brackish waters.[1]

What the specialist sources record

The World Register of Marine Species accepts Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898, and places it in order Acanthuriformes, class Teleostei.[1] GBIF Backbone Taxonomy accepts the family under order Perciformes and records 325,350 occurrences.[3]

References

  1. World Register of Marine Species, Pomacanthidae (AphiaID 151470). CC BY 4.0. marinespecies.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Pomacanthidae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Pomacanthidae (taxon key 4498). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Pomacanthidae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Loh, "Chemical defenses and resource trade-offs structure sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014, p. 4151–4156; "Angels on the Pinnacle", YouTube, 18 July 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Pomacanthidae" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE", The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database, 21 July 2020; "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes", BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017, p. 162 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Pomacanthidae (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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Sources

Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.

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