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Spotted Angelfish

Genicanthus takeuchii

Classification

Genicanthus takeuchii, the spotted angelfish or Takeuchi's angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean Description Genicanthus takeuchii, like the other angelfishes in the genus Genicanthus, shows sexual dichromatism, the males and females show differences in colour and pattern. The male is greyish white on the upper body with six to eight horizontal stripes, while the lower body is pale white.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog