Vermiculated angelfish
Amazing fact
The vermiculated angelfish is white behind the eye, shading to dark gray toward the rear.
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The vermiculated angelfish is white behind the eye, shading to dark gray toward the rear.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Vermiculated angelfish
- Scientific name
- Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus
- Japanese name
- チリメンヤッコ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Pomacanthidae
- Genus
- Chaetodontoplus
Where the name “Vermiculated angelfish” comes from
Its Japanese name refers to body markings resembling chirimen silk fabric.
沖縄美ら海水族館新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海A fish that lives in the Ryukyu Islands south of Amami Oshima, and on to Taiwan, Southeast Asia and northwestern Australia.
How the Vermiculated angelfish lives
It lives on inner coral reefs and in lagoons. It eats sponges, sea squirts, salps and algae. It is often seen in pairs or alone.
Australian MuseumBasic data
- Range
- Ryukyu Islands south of Amami Oshima, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and elsewhere
Where the Vermiculated angelfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- チリメンヤッコ
- 简体中文
- 黄尾荷包鱼
- 繁體中文
- 中白荷包魚
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-anjo-de-Singapura
- Italiano
- Pesce angelo dalla coda dorata
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — チリメンヤッコChecked: 2026-11-04
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — チリメンヤッコChecked: 2026-11-07
- 新潟市水族館 マリンピア日本海 — チリメンヤッコChecked: 2026-11-07
- Australian Museum — Vermiculated Angelfish, Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch, 1787)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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