Pomacanthus maculosus

Pomacanthus maculosus
In Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Pomacanthus
Species:
P. maculosus
Binomial name
Pomacanthus maculosus
(Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pomacanthops filamentosus Smith, 1955
  • Pomacanthus striatus (Rüppell, 1836)
  • Pomacanthodes striatus (Rüppell, 1836)
  • Holacanthus striatus Rüppell, 1836
  • Chaetodon maculosus Forsskål, 1775

Pomacanthus maculosus, the yellowbar angelfish, half-moon angelfish, yellow-marked angelfish, yellowband angelfish or yellow-blotched angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean and, more recently, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

  1. ^ Pyle, R.; Rocha, L.A.; Craig, M.T. (2010). "Pomacanthus maculosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165833A6144097. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165833A6144097.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pomacanthus maculosus". FishBase. December 2019 version.