Angelfish
Pomacanthus paru
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 51 diving areas across 28 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 4 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 6 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 7 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1968 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 14 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 22 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 22 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 4 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 196 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 153 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 11 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 26 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 23 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 13 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 6 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 16 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 5 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 1 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 7 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 179 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 164 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 173 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 27 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 7 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 6 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 24 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 2 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 172 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 202 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 28 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 27 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 13 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 6 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 15 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 2 records
- Utila, Honduras - 29 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 17 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 5 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 13 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 70 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 74 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 34 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 87 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 13 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 12 records