Blue-striped Angelfish
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The blue-striped angelfish is the most adapted to temperate seas in its family.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Blue-striped Angelfish
- Scientific name
- Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis
- Japanese name
- キンチャクダイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Pomacanthidae
- Genus
- Chaetodontoplus
It lives in the seas from Japan to Jeju Island, Taiwan, southern China and Vietnam, and is often seen on the Pacific side of southern Japan.
Basic data
- Range
- Ogasawara Islands, Jeju Island, Taiwan, Vietnam, and elsewhere
Where the Blue-striped 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
- キンチャクダイ
- 简体中文
- 荷包鱼
- 繁體中文
- 藍帶荷包魚
- 한국어
- 청줄돔
- Español
- Ángel de líneas azules
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-anjo-de-linhas-azuis
- Русский
- Голубополосый хетодонтопл
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 — キンチャクダイChecked: 2026-11-04
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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