#queen angelfish

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You get a Queen Angelfish

Holacanthus ciliaris

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Holacanthus ciliaris

Queen Angelfish

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Status: Least concern

Distribution: Along the western Atlantic Ocean, found in marine waters from Canada to Brazil. Introduced in Croatia, China.

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🐠 Daily Fish Fact: 🐠

Adult Queen Angelfish are selective feeders and primarily eat sponges. Their social structure consists of harems which include one male and up to four females. They live within a territory where the females forage separately and are tended to by the male. Breeding in the species occurs near a full moon.

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Queen Angelfish

Holacanthus ciliaris. SciArt by Mark Catesby for his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 2, 1st Ed. (1731).

View more in Biodiversity Heritage Library with thanks to Smithsonian Libraries and Archives for digitizing. More interesting information, including accepted taxonomy, can be found in the book, The Curious Mister Catesby (2015).

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Queen Angelfish

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Queens & cow