Yellow-mask Angelfish
Scientific Name: Pomacanthus xanthometopon
Species: Angelfishes (Pomacentridae)
Other names: Yellowmask Angel, Blue-faced Angelfish, Blue-face Angelfish, Blueface Angel, Yellowface Angel, Yellow-face Angelfish, Yellow-faced Angelfish.
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Yellow-mask AngelfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2006
Photographed at: Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa - Maldives
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Yellow-mask AngelfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2008
Photographed at: Mirihi - Maldives
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Yellow-mask AngelfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2007
Photographed at: Mirihi - Maldives
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Yellow-mask AngelfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2007
Photographed at: Makunudu - Maldives
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Yellow-mask AngelfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2008
Photographed at: Mirihi - Maldives
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Yellow-mask AngelfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in June 2010
Photographed at: Mirihi Island Resort - Maldives
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Yellow-mask AngelfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in June 2010
Photographed at: Mirihi Island Resort - Maldives
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Yellow-mask AngelfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in June 2010
Photographed at: Mirihi Island Resort - Maldives
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Yellow-mask AngelfishUploaded by: @CazA in September 2010
Photographed at: Low Isles - Australia
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Description
Also known as Yellow-mask Angel, Blue-faced Angelfish, Blue-face Angelfish, Blueface Angel, Yellowface Angel, Yellow-face Angelfish and Yellow-faced Angelfish.
Found singly in coral rich areas of coral and rocky reefs, caves in shallows and along deep walls.
They feed on sponges and tunicates.
Length - 36cm
Depth - 5-45m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
Butterflyfish and Angelfish are members of the bristletooth family (Chaetodontidae) they have very fine hairlike teeth that enable them to pick out small organisms inaccessible to most other fish for eating.
Butterflyfishes thrive on a diet of coral polyps, tentacles of featherdusters and Christmas-tree worms. As these food sources all zap back into their shells the butterflyfishes need to be able to hover motionless while picking at the coral and to dart swiftly over short distances to get the worm before it retracts. They do this by using their Pectoral fins as oars to brake, sprint, turn and even reverse.
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The Yellow-mask Angelfish is found in or near the Indo-Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 9 times by users @fishx6 @CazA
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