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    Species Accepted

    Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål, 1775)

    Halfmoon Angelfish

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      LebanonNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      37 results
      Anfooz Arabic
      Anfouz Arabic
      Arabischer Kaiserfisch German
      Bruid van de Zee Dutch
      Geelvlek-engelvis Not specified
      Halfmoon Angelfish English
      Halvmånekejsare Swedish
      Halvmånekejserfisk dnj
      Hamad Not specified
      Lebre mancha amarela Portuguese

      Treatments

      2 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      13 results
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      Observation.org contributors. 2018. "Download species lists". Observation.org, Nature observations form around the world. est. 2008. Hisko de Vries (man). Observation International Foundation. https://observation.org/download.php?lang=en&local=xx
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2012/details/species/id/9741333
      Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. Post Mortem Auctoris Edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae., Moller, Copenhagen, xxxiv + 140 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2154 10.5962/bhl.title.2154
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6091
      Smith, J. L. B. (1955). The Fishes of the Family Pomacanthidae in the Western Indian Ocean. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12)., 8 (89) (art. 46): 377–384, Pls. 4–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935508655653 10.1080/00222935508655653
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
      Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1128

      Citation

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