California angelfish
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California angelfish ( Holacanthus passer ) |
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The California angelfish ( Holacanthus passer ), also called Passer angelfish or "Emperor of Mexico", occurs in the eastern Pacific between the southern and central section of the Gulf of California and Peru , including the Galapagos Islands .
features
California angelfish grow to a length of 25 to a maximum of 35 centimeters. Her body is covered in brown scales with a blue border. The pectoral fins and the caudal fin are yellow, the caudal fin behind with a dark brown border, the tips of the dorsal and anal fin are orange with blue fin borders. The pelvic fins are yellow or white. The head shows fine, blue banding, there is a yellow spot at the corner of the mouth. Starting from the hard-radiating part of the dorsal fin, a light, white-blue transverse band runs over the front body. Young fish are lighter in color, almost orange. Your eye is camouflaged by a brown transverse band. Behind the white-blue horizontal stripe there are five narrower, blue stripes. Their entire snout region is yellow.
Way of life
They live as solitary animals, in pairs, or in mixed schools with the Cortez angelfish ( Pomacanthus zonipectus ) in reefs at depths of four to 30 meters, in exceptional cases up to 80 meters. The fish feed on sessile invertebrates, algae and zooplankton , but are mainly specialized in sponges . Young fish act as cleaner fish .
literature
- Gerald R. Allen : Butterfly and Angelfish, Volume 2 . Mergus Verlag, 1979, ISBN 3-88244-002-3
- Baensch, Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 6 Non-Perciformes (non-perch-like) . Mergus-Verlag, Melle, ISBN 3-88244-116-X
Web links
- California Angelfish on Fishbase.org (English)
- Holacanthus passer inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Pyle, R., Allen, G., Myers, R., Zapata, F., Robertson, R., Rocha, LA & Craig, MT, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2014.