Pygoplites diacanthus

Regal Angelfish; Royal Empress Angelfish

We were quite lucky in seeing this wonderful angelfish on one of our trips to Sodwana as I believe they are not very common there. Some "Tecnical Info:"

Distribution: lndo-Pacific and Red Sea.
Length: 25Omm/10in (wild), 18OMM/7in (aquarium).
Diet and feeding: Sponges and algae in nature. In the tank, they will take frozen bloodworm, frozen Mysis shrimp, mussel meat, etc; even flakes sometimes. Grazer.
Aquarium behaviour: Shy, requires plenty of hiding places
Appearance: Dark-edged, bright orange slanting bands cross the body and extend into the dorsal and anal fins. The caudal fin is plain yellow.

 

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