Emperor Angelfish

Pomacanthus imperator

Young and adults look so different they were once thought to be two species.

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Size

30–40 cm

Depth

1–100 m

Range

Red Sea to Indo-Pacific

Habitat

Coral reefs

IUCN

Least Concern

How to spot

Adult has diagonal blue and yellow stripes; black mask over the eye; yellow rounded tail; young has white concentric rings.

True colors

Adults have bright blue-and-yellow horizontal stripes with a black eye mask; young are dark blue with white and blue rings.

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