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Genicanthus lamarck Blackstriped angelfish      
female
Kingdom - Animalia - animals
   Phylum - Chordata - chordates
      Subphylum - Vertebrata - vertebrates
         Superclass - Osteichthyes - peixe ósseo
            Class - Actinopterygii - poissons à nageoires rayonnées
               Subclass - Neopterygii - neopterygians
                  Infraclass - Teleostei
                     Superorder - Acanthopterygii
                        Order - Perciformes - perch-like fishes
                           Suborder - Percoidei
                              Family - Pomacanthidae - angelfishes
                                 Genus - Genicanthus (Swainson, 1839)
                                    Species - Genicanthus lamarck (Lacepède, 1802)

Fishbase Information (FISHBASE.ORG)

Blackstriped angelfish 

25.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 48391)

reef-associated; non-migratory; marine; depth range 10 - 35 m

tropical

Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malayan region, eastward to Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, southward to the Great Barrier Reef.

Dorsal spines(total): 15; Dorsal soft rays(total): 15-16; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 16-17. Overall white with 3 black stripes on side; dorsal fin with broad submarginal black band; caudal fin with black dots, female with broad black band on the dorsal and ventral edges; pelvic fins white in female, black in male; a few irregular bands radiate from the eye in male.

Inhabit shallow reef crests and deep reefs adjacent to steep slopes. Form aggregations to feed in midwater well above the bottom; harems of 3-7 individuals. Feeds on plankton. Frequently exported through the aquarium trade (Ref. 48391).

Fishbase Credit - Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2005.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (06/2005).