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Old Woman Angelfish
Pomacanthus rhomboides
Pomacanthus rhomboides (old woman angelfish) is a large angelfish growing up to 45cm, found in the western Indian Ocean. Adult P. rhomboides are brown with the back third of the body (closest to the caudal fin) being light blue whilst immature specimens are black with wavering blue and white bands, these specimens can be confused with many other Pomacanthus angelfish because of their very similar coloration. Adults of this species can often be found in small...
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Description
The old woman angelfish, as an adult it is possibly the least colourful of the genus Pomacanthus. The adults are bronze brown on the anterior two thirds of their bodies with the posterior third being pale bluish grey. The juveniles resemble the juveniles of other species in the genus and are, therefore, more colourful than the adults. They are mainly black with thin, want blue and white lines. The dorsal fin contains 11-13 spines and 22-25 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 21-23 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 46 centimetres (18 in).
Range & habitat
The old woman angelfish is found in the western Indian Ocean. It is found from Maputo Bay in Mozambique southwards along the coast of South Africa as far as Knysna in the Western Cape.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 110018.