Blue ring angelfish
Amazing fact
Adult blue ring angelfish have curved blue lines extending toward their dorsal and tail fins.
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Adult blue ring angelfish have curved blue lines extending toward their dorsal and tail fins.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Blue ring angelfish
- Scientific name
- Pomacanthus annularis
- Japanese name
- ワヌケヤッコ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Pomacanthidae
- Genus
- Pomacanthus
Where the name “Blue ring angelfish” comes from
The English name "blue ring angelfish" comes from its blue ring marking.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebIt lives on coral reefs from Okinawa and the Ogasawara Islands across the Indo-West Pacific.
How the Blue ring angelfish lives
During the day, it may swim alone in search of food. It eats sponges and coral polyps, as well as algae. At night, it is often found inside caves.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Okinawa, Ogasawara Islands, southern Taiwan, the Indo-West Pacific excluding Easter Island, and elsewhere
Where the Blue ring 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
- ワヌケヤッコ
- 简体中文
- 肩环刺盖鱼
- 繁體中文
- 環紋蓋刺魚
- Español
- Pez Ángel de Anillo Azul
- Français
- Poisson-ange à anneau
- Deutsch
- Ringkaiserfisch
- Português (Brasil)
- Peixe-anjo-de-anel-azul
- Italiano
- Pesce angelo ad anelli blu
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Injel kambing
- Русский
- Ангел-анулярис
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 — ワヌケヤッコChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Pomacanthus annularisChecked: 2026-11-06
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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