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Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål, 1775)

Yellowbar angelfish
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Israel country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Eliat (Ref. 4858). A specimen (27.9 cm SL, 33.7 cm TL, 1317.5 g) was speared 10 m deep near Tel Shiqmona (32°49'27"N, 34°56'49"E) at the southern edge of Haifa Bay July 26, 2011 (HUJ 20102). Previous to this a video clip dated 24 November 2009 taken at a depth of 10 m near Givat Olga were reported (Ref. 96519).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., 1985
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Etymology: Pomacanthus: Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Forsskål.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 4 - 60 m (Ref. 30573).   Tropical; 30°N - 33°S, 24°E - 65°E

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Western Indian Ocean: from the Persian Gulf to the coast of Mozambique, East Africa; the Mediterranean Sea, western (Brazil and Florida) and eastern Atlantic Ocean (Canary Is.) and central Pacific. First record from the Eastern Pacific,

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 21.6  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5450)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 19 - 20

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

More often in silty reef areas than in rich coral growth (Ref. 30573). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 9710. Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 127989.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Allen, G.R., 1985. Butterfly and angelfishes of the world. Vol. 2. 3rd edit. in English. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. (Ref. 4858)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 October 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.8 - 29.3, mean 27.2 (based on 238 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03090 (0.01711 - 0.05582), b=2.89 (2.74 - 3.04), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.5   ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Prior r = 0.28, 95% CL = 0.16 - 0.49, Based on 2 stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (85 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.