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rock beauty, Holacanthus tricolor
| Subject: | rock beauty, Holacanthus tricolor
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Description
One of the more diminutive angelfish of the Caribbean Sea, this Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor) forages the reef in Bonaire, Netherland Antilles
Date March 12, 2006
Source http://flickr.com/photos/laszlo-photo/111183498
Author Laszlo Ilyes (laszlo-photo) from Cleveland, Ohio, USA http://www.flickr.com/people/laszlo-photo/
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holacanthus_tricolor_1.jpg
The rock beauty, Holacanthus tricolor, is a species of marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae. Other common names include corn sugar, coshubba, rock beasty, and yellow nanny. The fish inhabits reefs from the tropical western Atlantic Ocean to the northern Gulf of Mexico. Order: Perciformes, Family: Pomacanthidae, Genus: Holacanthus, Species: Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795).
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Scientific Name: Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795)
Common Names:
English – Rock Beauty, Yellow Nanny, Coshubba, Rock Beasty, Angelfish, Corn Sugar
French – Demoiselle beauté
Spanish – Cachama medio luto, Chabelita tricolor, Isabelita medioluto, Vaqueta de dos colores
Synonyms:
Chaetodon tricolor Bloch, 1795
Holocanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795)
Pomacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795) |
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