Title:
Salt Water
Species #: 2
Common Name: French Angelfish Scientific Name: Pomacanthus paru Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae Geography / Habitat: Angelfish are found along coral reefs along both sides of the Atlantic. In the Eastern Atlantic, they are found in West Africa and Cape Verde Island, and in the Western Tropical Atlantic ranges from Florida and the Bahamas to Brazil. These fish live in coral reefs of shallow depths that provide covering and hiding places. Life Strategy: Angelfish reach maturity at the age of 3.4 years. Reproduction is a pairspawning, egg-scattering process. The egg-filled female travels with the male to the surface where both the eggs and sperm are released into the water. The eggs travel in floating plankton until the young are ready to swim down to the coral. Food / Feed Strategy: Young Angelfish feed on a mix of algae and detritus with occasional parasites, acquired from other fish. Adults mainly eat sponges, but also eat tunicates, gorgonians, hydroids, zoantharians and coral as alternative sources of food.
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Body Form or Style: compressiform Swim / Locomotion Style: carangiform Mouth Position: terminal
Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pomacanthus_paru.html