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