Royal angelfish
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The royal angelfish or regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus, is a species of marine angelfish
of the family
Pomacanthidae, the only member of the genus Pygoplites. It is found in tropical Indo-Pacific
oceans. Its can grow as long as 25 cm.
Usually specimens abused during shipment, more likely caught by drugging, will refuse to eat anything, including live fare.
However, given the right environment, specifically with smaller and docile tankmates like gobies and dwarf angels, it will start feeding within days when fed brine shrimp, brine shrimp plus flakes, and further progressing to regular frozen foods and a certain brand of cichlid pellets which this species seem to crave.
With a hostile environment with fellow large angels, puffers, and triggers, and certain clowns, it will almost certainly fail to acclimate and slowly die of starvation due to its shyness to start feeding.
Survivability of feeding specimens seem to equal to the other Pomacanthids.
Fresh water dips may be required to rid newly arrived specimens of flukes and ick which this species is especially prone to.
The prior myth that only yellow-bellied variations from Sri Lanka and the Red Sea will survive points to the fact that species from the Philippines and Indonesia are often abused when collected.
Marine angelfish
Marine angelfish are perciform fish of the family Pomacanthidae. They are found on shallow reefs in the tropical Atlantic, Indian, and mostly western Pacific oceans. The family contains seven genera and approximately 86 species...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pomacanthidae, the only member of the genus Pygoplites. It is found in tropical Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...
oceans. Its can grow as long as 25 cm.
In the aquarium
Although it is frequently exported through the aquarium trade it rarely survives in the aquarium.Usually specimens abused during shipment, more likely caught by drugging, will refuse to eat anything, including live fare.
However, given the right environment, specifically with smaller and docile tankmates like gobies and dwarf angels, it will start feeding within days when fed brine shrimp, brine shrimp plus flakes, and further progressing to regular frozen foods and a certain brand of cichlid pellets which this species seem to crave.
With a hostile environment with fellow large angels, puffers, and triggers, and certain clowns, it will almost certainly fail to acclimate and slowly die of starvation due to its shyness to start feeding.
Survivability of feeding specimens seem to equal to the other Pomacanthids.
Fresh water dips may be required to rid newly arrived specimens of flukes and ick which this species is especially prone to.
The prior myth that only yellow-bellied variations from Sri Lanka and the Red Sea will survive points to the fact that species from the Philippines and Indonesia are often abused when collected.