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Apolemichthys armitagei Smith, 1955

Description

Common Names

  • Armitage angelfish , English , Micronesia
  • Poisson-ange fumé hybride , French , France

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Acanthuriformes

    Family: Pomacanthidae

    Genus: Apolemichthys

    Species: Apolemichthys armitagei Smith, 1955

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Indian Ocean: Seychelles and Maldives. Randall and Anderson (Ref. 11303) note that this species might be a hybrid of Apolemichthys trimaculatus and Apolemichthys xanthurus but that more specimens are needed for confirmation.

    • Biology

    Rare species that inhabits seaward reef slopes (Ref. 9710).

    Habitat

    associated