Juvenile Marine Angelfish
Quality marine has supported these aquaculture efforts for decades now and will continue to offer the best and widest variety of aquacultured specimens anywhere.
Juvenile marine angelfish. Quality marine is very proud to now offer the juvenile cortez angelfish to our ever growing list of captive bred species offered. As a juvenile the stripes run vertically and are white to light blue developing into the brilliant sapphire stripping seen in adults. It turns a grayish color with dark spots and sometimes yellow and blue accents as an adult.
They are distinguished from the similarly shaped butterflyfish by strong preopercle spines found on each of the lower gill covers of the angelfish. Many of these angelfishes are good for beginner to intermediate saltwater hobbyists while others are hard to keep and adapt to aquarium life and therefore should be avoided by beginners. The family pomacanthidae angelfishes consists of 9 genera containing approximately 87 species of saltwater angelfish.
Adults of this species are black overall with gold flecked scales and a grayish face. The blue angelfish pomacanthus semicirculatus is a vibrant electric blue color with black and white stripes and sometimes spots as a juvenile. Suitable medium sized angelfish for beginners include.
A striking fish the annularis angelfish is also known as the blue ring or blue king angelfish. For the most part marine angelfish dwell among shallow reefs. These angelfish range in average size from 5 5 up to 9 8 inches.
Found in stony and soft corals and are more likely to be found in vibrantly colored corals as juveniles.
