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Vermiculated angelfish (Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus)
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Vermiculated angelfish (Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus) specimen
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Pomacanthidae

Vermiculated angelfish

Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus

Pomacanthid Fish Reaching Eighteen Centimeters

  • White
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Vermiculated angelfish is known around Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 18 cm.

Maximum length
18 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Japan to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and east to Papua New Guinea (Ref. 4859 ). Reported from Mentawai Islands (Ref. 27157 ). May consist of two separate species, one with an all-yellow tail and the other mostly gray tail (Ref. 48391 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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