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Yellowbar angelfish

Amazing fact

Young yellowbar angelfish have deep blue bodies with both broad and thin white stripes.

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Yellowbar angelfish in its habitat (illustration)

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Young yellowbar angelfish have deep blue bodies with both broad and thin white stripes.

Source宮崎大学 — 日本沿岸各地から記録されたセダカヤッコ Pomacanthus maculosus

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THE REAL WORLD

The real Yellowbar angelfish

Scientific name
Pomacanthus maculosus
Japanese name
セダカヤッコ
Group
Ocean animals
Order
Perciformes
Family
Pomacanthidae
Genus
Pomacanthus
Facts about the real animal.
01

It lives in the western Indian Ocean.

鳥羽水族館 — セダカヤッコ
02

In adults, the rear tips of the dorsal and anal fins reach back past the tail fin.

鳥羽水族館 — セダカヤッコ
03

Its body is pale blue, with a large yellow crescent-shaped patch on its side.

鳥羽水族館 — セダカヤッコ

How the Yellowbar angelfish lives

It lives in shallow seas as well as somewhat deeper waters. Adults are often seen as male-female pairs.

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Basic data

Range
Western Indian Ocean
鳥羽水族館

Where the Yellowbar angelfish has been recorded

World map with dots where the Yellowbar angelfish has been recorded
Each dot marks a place with observations or specimens shared on GBIF. Some records are of animals that strayed or were brought by people, so the dots are not always where the animal lives.

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesWorld oceansOcean

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Names around the world

简体中文
斑纹刺盖鱼
繁體中文
斑紋刺蓋魚
Português (Brasil)
Peixe-anjo-meia-lua

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

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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