queen angelfish
holacanthus ciliaris latin

Queen angelfish are about three and a half pounds.

Queen angelfish are also known to have blue markings around each gill cover.

This fish occasionally breeds with the queen angelfish, which is very similar to it.

The queen angelfish will harass other fish without discrimination, particularly new additions to the aquarium.

A graceful yellow and blue Queen angelfish, about eight inches tall, nibbled on my knuckles.

The adult queen angelfish overall body color can be described as blue to blue-green with yellow rims on its scales.

Queen angelfish, Holacanthus ciliaris .

Holocanthus bermudensis should not be confused with Holocanthus ciliaris, or queen angelfish, despite very similar appearances.

Although in home aquariums, aquarists have been successful in providing the queen angelfish a diet of meaty and algae based foods.

The queen angelfish is considered to be moderate in difficulty to keep in captivity and is ill-suited for the inexperienced aquarist.

At the Parque Explora, teams have to view a digital animation of a queen angelfish, and identify the species of the same family in the aquarium.

Fish life abounds - one reef is home to so many tame queen angelfish, groupers and yellowtail snappers that it is officially known as the Aquarium.

The queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) is an angelfish commonly found near reefs in the warmer sections of the western Atlantic Ocean.

The queen angelfish feeds primarily on sponges, but also feeds on tunicates, jellyfish, and corals as well as plankton and algae.

Queen angelfish inhabit reefs and are common near Florida especially the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Michael, Scott W. The Blue and the Queen Angelfish Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine.

This species can be confused with the queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) or the blue angelfish (Holacanthus bermudensis), but both these have a completely blue face and lack the caudal eyespot.

During one after-lunch dive at a secluded beach, we saw several queen angelfish, a huge elephant-ear sponge, a black brittle starfish, a couple of spotted moray eels, gorgonian fans, brain corals and several marbled groupers, not to mention hordes of damselfish, assorted wrasses, Spanish hogfish and I don't remember what else.

The queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) is an angelfish commonly found near reefs in the warmer sections of the western Atlantic Ocean.

This species can be confused with the queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) or the blue angelfish (Holacanthus bermudensis), but both these have a completely blue face and lack the caudal eyespot.