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French Angelfish - Adults
Sep 12, 2017. Alice in Wonderland, Bonaire.
Seen in other dive sites of the island as well.
Can reach 40 cm but normally are about 28 cm long.
Black, the scales of the body , except those at front from nape to abdomen, rimmed with golden yellow; a broad orange-yellow bar at pectoral absent; dorsal filament yellow; chin whitish; outer part of iris yellow; eye narrowly rimmed below with blue. Monogamous. Spawning pairs are strongly territorial, with usually both members vigorously defending their areas against neighboring pairs.
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/1118
The French Angelfish, "Pomacanthus paru", is a large angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae, found in the western Atlantic from Florida and the Bahamas to Brazil, and also the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, including the Antilles, and the eastern Atlantic from around Ascension Island and St. Paul's Rocks, at depths of between 2 and 100 m. Length is up to 41 cm.
