Angelfish
Pomacanthus arcuatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Pomacanthidae
- Genus
- Pomacanthus
Where to Find
Found in 43 diving areas across 24 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 2 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 18 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 6204 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 37 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 298 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 262 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 9 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 79 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 89 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 7 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 1 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 6 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 372 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 212 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 200 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 4 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 6 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 4 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 114 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 374 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 56 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 61 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 31 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 43 records
- Utila, Honduras - 72 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 7 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 7 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 16 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 92 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 71 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 12 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 8 records