91 Species in Family Pomacanthidae
Nominal species list for Pomacanthidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Apolemichthys arcuatus (Gray, 1831) Bandit angelfish
Apolemichthys armitagei Smith, 1955 Armitage angelfish
Apolemichthys griffisi (Carlson & Taylor, 1981) Griffis angelfish
Apolemichthys guezei (Randall & Maugé, 1978) Reunion angelfish
Apolemichthys kingi Heemstra, 1984 Tiger angelfish
Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1831) Threespot angelfish
Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus Burgess, 1973 Goldspotted angelfish
Apolemichthys xanthotis (Fraser-Brunner, 1950) Yellow-ear angelfish
Apolemichthys xanthurus (Bennett, 1833) Yellowtail angelfish
Centropyge abei Allen, Young & Colin, 2006 Abe's angelfish
Centropyge acanthops (Norman, 1922) Orangeback angelfish
Centropyge argi Woods & Kanazawa, 1951 Cherubfish
Centropyge aurantia Randall & Wass, 1974 Golden angelfish
Centropyge aurantonotus Burgess, 1974 Flameback angelfish
Centropyge bicolor (Bloch, 1787) Bicolor angelfish
Centropyge bispinosa (Günther, 1860) Twospined angelfish
Centropyge boylei Pyle & Randall, 1992 Peppermint angelfish
Centropyge cocosensis Shen, Chang, Delrieu-Trottin & Borsa, 2016 Cocos pygmy angelfish
Centropyge colini Smith-Vaniz & Randall, 1974 Cocos-Keeling angelfish
Centropyge debelius Pyle, 1990 Blue Mauritius angelfish
Centropyge deborae Shen, Ho & Chang, 2012 Blue Velvet Angelfish
Centropyge eibli Klausewitz, 1963 Blacktail angelfish
Centropyge ferrugata Randall & Burgess, 1972 Rusty angelfish
Centropyge fisheri (Snyder, 1904) Orange angelfish
Centropyge flavipectoralis Randall & Klausewitz, 1977 Yellowfin angelfish
Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831) Lemonpeel angelfish
Centropyge heraldi Woods & Schultz, 1953 Yellow angelfish
Centropyge hotumatua Randall & Caldwell, 1973 Blackear angelfish
Centropyge interrupta (Tanaka, 1918) Japanese angelfish
Centropyge joculator Smith-Vaniz & Randall, 1974 Yellowhead angelfish
Centropyge loriculus (Günther, 1874) Flame angel
Centropyge multicolor Randall & Wass, 1974 Multicolor angelfish
Centropyge multispinis (Playfair, 1867) Dusky angelfish
Centropyge nahackyi Kosaki, 1989 Nahacky's angelfish
Centropyge narcosis Pyle & Randall, 1993 Narc angelfish
Centropyge nigriocellus Woods & Schultz, 1953 Blackspot angelfish
Centropyge nox (Bleeker, 1853) Midnight angelfish
Centropyge potteri (Jordan & Metz, 1912) Russet angelfish
Centropyge resplendens Lubbock & Sankey, 1975 Resplendent angelfish
Centropyge shepardi Randall & Yasuda, 1979 Mango angelfish
Centropyge tibicen (Cuvier, 1831) Keyhole angelfish
Centropyge venusta (Yasuda & Tominaga, 1969) Purplemask angelfish
Centropyge vrolikii (Bleeker, 1853) Pearlscale angelfish
Centropyge woodheadi Kuiter, 1998
Chaetodontoplus ballinae Whitley, 1959 Ballina angelfish
Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus Yasuda & Tominaga, 1976 Bluespotted angelfish
Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus Shen & Lim, 1975
Chaetodontoplus chrysocephalus (Bleeker, 1855) Orangeface angelfish
Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus (Waite, 1900) Conspicuous angelfish
Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus (Bleeker, 1860) Velvet angelfish
Chaetodontoplus duboulayi (Günther, 1867) Scribbled angelfish
Chaetodontoplus melanosoma (Bleeker, 1853) Black-velvet angelfish
Chaetodontoplus meredithi Kuiter, 1990 Queensland yellowtail angelfish
Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch, 1787) Vermiculated angelfish
Chaetodontoplus niger Chan, 1966 Black angelfish
Chaetodontoplus personifer (McCulloch, 1914) Blueface angelfish
Chaetodontoplus poliourus Randall & Rocha, 2009 Greytail angelfish
Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Bluestriped angelfish
Chaetodontoplus vanderloosi Allen & Steene, 2004 Vanderloos angelfish
Genicanthus bellus Randall, 1975 Ornate angelfish
Genicanthus caudovittatus (Günther, 1860) Zebra angelfish
Genicanthus lamarck (Lacepède, 1802) Blackstriped angelfish
Genicanthus melanospilos (Bleeker, 1857) Spotbreast angelfish
Genicanthus personatus Randall, 1975 Masked angelfish
Genicanthus semicinctus (Waite, 1900) Halfbanded angelfish
Genicanthus semifasciatus (Kamohara, 1934) Japanese swallow
Genicanthus spinus Randall, 1975 Pitcairn angelfish
Genicanthus takeuchii Pyle, 1997 Spotted angelfish
Genicanthus watanabei (Yasuda & Tominaga, 1970) Blackedged angelfish
Holacanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951 Guinean angelfish
Holacanthus bermudensis Goode, 1876 Angelfish
Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Queen angelfish
Holacanthus clarionensis Gilbert, 1890 Clarion angelfish
Holacanthus limbaughi Baldwin, 1963 Clipperton angelfish
Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846 King angelfish
Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795) Rock beauty
Paracentropyge multifasciata (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) Barred angelfish
Pomacanthus chrysurus (Cuvier, 1831) Goldtail angelfish
Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) Emperor angelfish
Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål, 1775) Yellowbar angelfish
Pomacanthus navarchus (Cuvier, 1831) Bluegirdled angelfish
Pomacanthus paru (Bloch, 1787) French angelfish
Pomacanthus rhomboides (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Old woman angelfish
Pomacanthus annularis (Bloch, 1787) Bluering angelfish
Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Gray angelfish
Pomacanthus asfur (Fabricius, 1775) Arabian angelfish
Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831) Semicircle angelfish
Pomacanthus sexstriatus (Cuvier, 1831) Sixbar angelfish
Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853) Yellowface angelfish
Pomacanthus zonipectus (Gill, 1862) Cortez angelfish
Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772) Regal angelfish
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