Rock beauty

Rock beauty
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Holacanthus
Species:
H. tricolor
Binomial name
Holacanthus tricolor
(Bloch, 1795)
Synonyms[2]
  • Chaetodon tricolor Bloch, 1795
  • Pomacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795)

The rock beauty (Holacanthus tricolor), also known as corn sugar, coshubba, rock beasty, catalineta, and yellow nanny, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

  1. ^ Pyle, R.; Myers, R.F.; Rocha, L.A.; Craig, M.T. (2010). "Holacanthus tricolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165879A6155521. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165879A6155521.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Holacanthus tricolor". FishBase. December 2019 version.