Angelfish
Pygoplites diacanthus
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
- Pygoplites
Where to Find
Found in 58 diving areas across 30 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 14 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 6 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 9 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 8 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 67 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 12 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 27 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 24 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 61 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 12 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 91 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 157 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 17 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 11 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1009 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 79 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 30 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 29 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 5 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 59 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 8 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 16 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 9 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 9 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 8 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 5 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 1 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 20 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 20 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 23 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 68 records
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - 46 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 8 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 42 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 12 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 17 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 12 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 36 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 38 records