Royal Angelfish : Pygoplites Diacanthus








A Royal Angelfish enjoying a swim this image came from http://www.the-deep-blue.co.uk/images/RedSea-09-02/Angel%20Fish/Royal%20Angelfish-1.jpg
A Royal Angelfish enjoying a swim this image came from http://www.the-deep-blue.co.uk/images/RedSea-09-02/Angel%20Fish/Royal%20Angelfish-1.jpg








Here you can clearly see the beautiful stripes of the Royal Angelfish I got this image from http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/2876002842_1d070e9be5_o.jpg
Here you can clearly see the beautiful stripes of the Royal Angelfish I got this image from http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/2876002842_1d070e9be5_o.jpg














Size (length and weight)
The size of the Royal Angel fish is about 25 cm long and weights up to 3.5 pounds.


Physical description
The Royal Angelfish looks like a normal angelfish but it has yellow, blue, white, and purple stripes covering it also has a backwards agle in its dorsal fin there are not many ways to distinguish this fish from the Butterfly Fish but scientists can tell from their spines.


Location in the world

My fish can be found in the Red Sea or off the coast of Guam.

Diet
Their diet consists of mostly sea sponges and algae.

Predators
Almost all larger fish are predators to the Royal Angelfish

Other names
The scientific name of the Royal Angelfish is Pygoplites Diacanthus
It is also called the Regal Angelfish.


Facts
If you put this fish in a tank it will not survive long also it can feed on brine if that is all you have.



Author: Mike
Aqua Hobby
http://www aquahobby..com/marine/e_Polyglypilites_diacanthus.php
Copyright 2009
March 12 2009


Banyan Tree
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_angelfish
Copyright 2010
March 12 2010


Thomas Jundt
Coral
http://www.coral.org/_21
Copyright 2010
March 12 2010



An upper angle of the Royal Angelfish this image came from http://www.cs.qub.ac.uk/~T.McHale/RedSea/PanoramaSharm/lex-scan/royal-angelfish2.jpg
An upper angle of the Royal Angelfish this image came from http://www.cs.qub.ac.uk/~T.McHale/RedSea/PanoramaSharm/lex-scan/royal-angelfish2.jpg