AQUADICO


Rock beauty angelfish

Holacanthus tricolor

Distribution: Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.

Description: size betweens 30 and 40 cm.
The color of the body is divided into three parts: the head is yellow up to the cap, the mouth is gray, sometimes slightly blue and the tail is yellow, the body is black.
A slight orange tint marks the dorsal and anal end.
The eye is white.

Habitat: This fish lives alone.
Observed it can be up to 90m deep, in view of goal icts power, it is frequently Encountered on the reef flat near the fire corals.

Food: Coral, crustaceans, sponges, tunicates and some algae.
          
     
 


Taxonomic classification


Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Sub class: Neopterygii To print in "PDF" format
Order: Perciformes Sub order: Percoidei Family: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Holacanthus Species: tricolor Descriptor: Bloch, 1795