1 / 16

Family Pomacanthidae

Family Pomacanthidae. Fish in Pomacanthidae. Perciform fish (perch-like ) Marine angelfishes. About the name. poma meaning " cover” akantha meaning "thorn". Preopercle spines (red). Information. Small mouths, large pectoral fins, and rounded lunate tail fins

toviel
Download Presentation

Family Pomacanthidae

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Family Pomacanthidae

  2. Fish in Pomacanthidae • Perciform fish (perch-like) • Marine angelfishes

  3. About the name • poma meaning "cover” • akanthameaning "thorn" Preopercle spines (red)

  4. Information • Small mouths, large pectoral fins, and rounded lunate tail fins • Size is from 6 inches to 2 feet with the average at 8-11 inches • Are protogynous hermaphrodites Up to 2 feet long (gray angelfish) Up to 6 inches (dwarf angelfish)

  5. Queen Angelfish (Holacanthusciliaris)

  6. Information • Feeds almost exclusively on sponges supplemented by small amounts of algae, tunicates, hydroids and bryozoans. • Juveniles are sometimes cleaner fish. • Are shy and like to hide • Found in pairs year round, so might have long term monogamous bonds. • Reproduce by rising up in the water, bringing their bellies close together, and releasing clouds of sperm and eggs.

  7. Distinguishing features • A dark blue spot on the forehead, speckled and ringed with brilliant blue, forms the "crown."  • The tail is yellow.

  8. Interesting facts C O L O R M O R P H S

  9. Family Pomacentridae

  10. Fish in Pomacentridae • Perciform fish (perch-like) • Includes damselfishes and clownfishes

  11. About the name • Poma (Greek)-means cover. In reference to the fishes’ opercula. • Centri-derived from the Greek word kentron, which means sting. • This refers to the serrations along the margins of the opercula of the fishes.

  12. Cool stuff • This family is known for being territorial • The males engage in mating displays by bursts of motion, hovering, fin extensions and fin beats. • If the female is attracted then she will lay her eggs in his nest to be fertilized by the male externally—through the water.

  13. Sergeant Major (Abudefdufsaxatilis) • DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: • Five black body bars. • Upper lip does not overhang lower lip. • Named Sergeant Major because of the stripes which are reminiscent of the insignia.

  14. Information • Feed on the larvae of invertebrates, zooplankton, smaller fish, crustaceans and algae. • Eaten by groupers, basses and wrasses. • Usually about 6 inches in length

  15. Interesting facts: • At Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, this species feeds on spinner dolphins’ feces and vomits. • Also, juveniles may hold cleaning stations together with the doctorfishand the blue tang and graze algae as well as pick molted skin and parasites from green turtles.

More Related