The Conspicuous Angelfish can be recognised by its colouration. Adults are blue-grey dorsally grading to a dusky colour below. The face is yellow with blue on the operculum and around the eye. The dorsal and anal fins are dark at the base and pale along the outermost margins. The caudal and pectoral fins are yellow basally. ... source: Australian Museum Factsheets
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| Invasive: | Not known to be invasive |
| Frequency: | 0.435 |
| Threats: | Overharvesting for aquarium trade |
| Range: | 10 |
| Behaviour: | Cave dwelling species that moves slowly about within a home range. |
| Common_Name: | Conspicuous Angelfish; |
| Description: | Dark angelfish with orange markings around head, pectoral and tail fins yellow at base, blue ring around eye, and light blue margin around dorsal, anal and tail fins. |
| Abundance: | 1.222 |
| IUCN_Threat_status: | Least Concern |
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Holacanthus (Chaetodontoplus) conspicillatus (Waite, 1900) | |
| Holacanthus (Chaetodontoplus) conspicillatus (Waite, 1900) | |
| Published in: McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Mem. Aust. Mus. Vol. 5 pp. 145–329 | |
| Holacanthus conspicillatus Waite, 1900 | |
| Published in: Waite, E.R. 1900. Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island. Rec. Aust. Mus. Vol. 3 (7) pp. 193-209 figs 1-2 pls 34-36 | |
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Conspicuous Angelfish | |
| Spectacled Angel-fish | |
| Speckled Angelfish |
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