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Species: Holacanthus limbaughi, Clipperton Angelfish

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blue-grey, C white
flank: white spot
juvenile black + blue bars, white C

Holacanthus limbaughi Baldwin, 1963

Clipperton Angelfish

Deep compressed body; a small mouth with brush-like teeth; preopercle with large spine at its angle, with vertical margin serrated; bone between preopercle and operculum with 1-4 large spines; bone under eye without large, rear-pointing spines; a single, un- notched dorsal fin, XIV, 17-18; anal rays III, 17-18; dorsal and anal fins end in filaments; tail straight; lateral line weakly developed, ends under end of soft dorsal fin; large (45-48 in lateral series) regularly arranged, very rough scales with distinct ridges on the exposed part, scales extend out onto the median fins.

Blue-grey; whitish tail fin; a small (~ eye-sized) white spot on upper side above tip of pectoral fin; margins of dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins electric blue; juveniles grey-brown with about 7 narrow blue bars, including two on head; white spot on side; tail and pelvic fins white.

Size: grows to at least 30 cm.

Habitat: coral reefs.

Depth: 2-100 m.

Known only from Clipperton Island.


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Salinity
  • Marine Only
  • Marine
Inshore/Offshore
  • Inshore Only
  • Inshore
Water Column Position
  • Bottom + water column
  • Near Bottom
  • Mid Water
  • Bottom
Habitat
  • Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
  • Water column
  • Reef only
  • Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
  • Corals
FishBase Habitat
  • Reef Associated
Feeding Group
  • Omnivore
  • Planktivore
  • Data
Diet
  • Pelagic fish eggs
  • Zooplankton
  • Ectoparasites
  • Sessile worms
  • Data
  • Benthic microalgae
  • Sessile crustacea
  • Sponges/seasquirts/bryozoa
  • Sessile molluscs
Egg Type
  • Pelagic
  • Pelagic larva
  • No data
Global Endemism
  • Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
  • East Pacific endemic
  • All species
Regional Endemism
  • TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
  • Island (s)
  • Clipperton Island endemic
  • Island (s) only
  • TEP endemic
  • All species
Residency
  • Resident
Climate Zone
  • Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
IUCN Red List
  • Near threatened
  • Listed
CITES
  • Not listed
Length Max
  • 30
Depth Range Min
  • 2
Depth Range Max
  • 100