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Royal Angelfish |
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Royal Angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus )The body is less tall than usual angelfish. The rear edges of the dorsal and anal fins are well developed, but do not exceed the caudal fin. The body has a background coloring of orange yellow, with eight or nine dark blue bands. The eyes are surrounded by two sharply defined dark blue stripes. The dorsal fin has a fairly dark vermiculation, while the anal fin has parallel yellow stripes along the edge of the fin. The young are fairly similar, and have a posterior ocellar spot. This fish grows to a length of thirty centimeters. |