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Genicanthus caudovittatus, the zebra angelfish, swallowtail angelfish, and lyretail angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. [3] It is found in the Indian Ocean.
Scientific name Common name Distribution Genicanthus bellus Randall, 1975. Ornate angelfish, western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean Genicanthus caudovittatus (Günther, 1860). Zebra angelfish, waters of Madagascar, the Maldives, Mauritius and Réunion, and is also known in Weh Island Genicanthus lamarck (Lacépède, 1802).
It does not have the vertical black stripes or the red eye seen in the wild angelfish. Zebra (Z/+ or Z/Z): The zebra phenotype results in four to six vertical stripes on the fish that in other ways resembles a silver angelfish. It is a dominant mutation that exists at the same locus as the stripeless gene.
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A length of 20 to 30 cm (7.9 to 11.8 in) is typical for the rest of the family. The smaller species are popular amongst aquarists, whereas the largest species are occasionally sought as a food fish; however, ciguatera poisoning has been reported as a result of eating marine angelfish. Angelfish vary in color and are very hardy fish.
Pomacanthus semicirculatus, also known as the semicircled angelfish, Koran angelfish, blue angelfish, zebra angelfish or half-circled angelfish, is a species of ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish, in the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.