Shorefishes - Gallery

blue + orange lower head

Centropyge argi, the Cherubfish

blue; head , front back & D - orange

nape: no blue & black ocellus

juv: center blue bar ~ straight

C & pectoral - only edges yellow

nape: blue & black ocellus

C all yellow; pectoral - black base + yellow fin

juv: central blue bar curved

black + yellow head, chest & C

juv: orange + large ocellus on body

yellow brown + curved blue lines
blue ring over gill cover
head: blue stripes

Juv: curved pale bars
juv: 3-4 strong white bars, 1 on head
juv: C clear

C white

pale grey + dark spots
pectoral - outer base grey

juv: C black + yellow bar & clear edge
juv: inverted yellow cross on snout & mouth

blue-black + broad yellow V bar
C yellow

juv: black + vertical bluish bars, indistinct orange bar
juv: C orange

Pomacanthus asfur, Arabian angelfish, Crescent angelfish

body: oblique yellow & blue stripes
face grey + black eye mask
C yellow

juv: dark blue + curved pale & white bars & concentric rings
juv: C mostly clear

pale blue-grey + orange oval
nape: black scale edges

juv: black, blue & white bars, yellow flank mark
juv: C clear

dark grey + yellow spots
yellow ring around eye

juv: C black, ringed with yellow
juv: inverted yellow Y on snout

Pomacanthus paru, French angelfish

pectoral - outer base yellow

brownish-green + dense blue spots
blue: eye-ring, edges preopercle & opercle

juv: rear body bars semicircular
juv: C dark + white bars & margin

C black + blue spots
fin edges blue

body grey+ dark scales
head black + blue mesh, yellow eye mask
pectoral & C yellow

rear D yellow+ black blotch

juv: black + 6 white bars- curved back at tips
juv: C black + blue bars

Pomacanthus xanthometopon, Blue-face angelfish, Yellow-mask angelfish