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Threespot Angelfish

Apolemichthys trimaculatus

Classification

Apolemichthys trimaculatus, the threespot angelfish or flagfin angelfish, is a demersal marine ray-finned fish in the angelfish family Pomacanthidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. Systematics Apolemichthys trimaculatus was first formally described as Holacanthus trimaculatus in 1831 by the French anatomist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) with the type locality given as the Molucca Islands.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 36United States of America · 18