Passer Angelfish

California angel fish ( Holacanthus passer)

The California called angel fish ( Holacanthus passer), and Passer Angel Fish or " Emperor of Mexico ", occurs between the southern and central portion of the Gulf of California and Peru, including the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific.

Features

California Angel fish are up to 25 to 35 inches long. Your body is covered with brown, blue rimmed scales. The pectoral fins and the caudal fin are yellow, the caudal fin rear hem with dark brown, the tips of the dorsal and anal fins are orange with blue fins hems. The pelvic fins are yellow or white. The head shows a fine, blue banding, corner of the mouth there is a yellow spot. From hartstrahligen part of the dorsal fin starting, a bright, white blue cross strap across the front body pulls. Juveniles are more brightly colored, almost orange. Your eye is camouflaged by a brown transverse band. Behind the blue and white horizontal stripes are five narrower, blue stripes. Your entire snout is yellow.

Way of life

They live as solitary, in pairs, or in mixed flocks with the Cortez Angelfish ( Pomacanthus zonipectus ) in reefs at depths of four to 30 meters, in exceptional cases up to 80 meters. The fish feed on sessile invertebrates, algae, and zooplankton, but are mainly specialized in sponges. Juveniles are active as cleaner fish.