Ornate Angelfish

Scientific Name: Genicanthus bellus
Family: Angelfish - Pomacanthidae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Identification: Male - Light gray; golden orange stripe along base of dorsal fin and another on mid-body, borders of tail blue.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups; feed on plankton above bottom.
Hide-out: Outer reefs, 25-110m; rare above 50m.
Location: Scattered Pacific - Philippines and scattered east Pacific Is. to Mariana and Marshall Is. Also Society Is. in French Polynesia.

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