Apolemichthys is a genus of marine angelfishes in the family Pomacanthidae.
Species Image Scientific name Common name DistributionApolemichthys arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758)Banded angelfish reefs in Hawaii and the Johnston Atoll. Apolemichthys griffisi (Carlson & Taylor, 1981)Griffis angelfish Pacific Ocean Apolemichthys guezei (Randall & Maugé, 1978)Reunion angelfish Réunion Indian Ocean Apolemichthys kingi Heemstra, 1984 Tiger angelfish Western Indian Ocean: Natal, South Africa and Mozambique Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1831) Threespot angelfish Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus Burgess, 1973 Goldspotted angelfish Pacific Ocean: Gilbert Islands to the Line islands. Reported from Kapingamarangi Atoll (eastern Caroline Islands), Nauru, Canton (Phoenix Islands), Howland, Baker, and Fanning (Line Islands) Atolls. Apolemichthys xanthotis (Fraser-Brunner, 1950)Yellow-ear angelfish Red Sea, from the Gulf of Aqaba in the north, down through the Gulf of Aden in the southApolemichthys xanthurus (Bennett, 1833)Yellowtail angelfish, Maldives and the east coast of India.
Fishbase still has Apolemichthys armitagei listed as a species within this genus but notes that it is a hybrid between Apolemichthys trimaculatus and Apolemichthys xanthurus. Fishbase state that the page will be removed as part of their next update.
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