Species details : Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831)

Accepted scientific name:
Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Pomacanthus semicirculatus  (Cuvier, 1831)
Synonyms:
Holacanthus alternans Cuvier, 1831 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Holacanthus alternans Cuvier, 1831
Holacanthus lepidolepis Bleeker, 1853 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Holacanthus lepidolepis Bleeker, 1853
Holacanthus reginae Liénard, 1891 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Holacanthus reginae Liénard, 1891
Holacanthus semicirculatus Cuvier, 1831 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Holacanthus semicirculatus Cuvier, 1831
Pomacanthops semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pomacanthops semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Halfsirkel-engelvis - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Guingham de fond - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Koran-kejserfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Koranfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Half-circled angelfish - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Koran angelfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Koran angelfish - English Indonesia(Jakarta) Click here to show the literature
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Koran angelfish - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Semicircle angelfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Semicircle angelfish - English Christmas I. Click here to show the literature
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Semicircle angelfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Semicircle angelfish - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Semicircle angelfish - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Semicircle angelfish - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Chirurgien tabac - French Seychelles Click here to show the literature
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Poisson ange bleu - French - Click here to show the literature
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Poisson ange bleu - French New Caledonia Click here to show the literature
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Koran-Kaiserfisch - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Tapel - Ivatan Philippines(Batanes) Click here to show the literature
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Vachid - Ivatan Philippines(Batanes) Click here to show the literature
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Sazanami-yakko - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Kaat - Kumak New Caledonia Click here to show the literature
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Phabin - Kumak New Caledonia Click here to show the literature
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Bluestone biasa - Malay (individual language) Indonesia(Jakarta) Click here to show the literature
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Bluestone roti - Malay (individual language) Indonesia(Jakarta) Click here to show the literature
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Koran angel - Malay (individual language) Indonesia(Jakarta) Click here to show the literature
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半环刺盖鱼 Ban huan ci gai yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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半環刺蓋魚 Ban huan cih gai yu ,die bo gai cih yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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疊波蓋刺魚 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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蓝纹神仙 Lan wen shen xian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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藍紋神仙 - Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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迭波盖刺鱼 Die bo gai ci yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Ustniczek królewski a. ustniczek zmienny - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Lebre semi-circular - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Korankejsarfisk - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Paru-parung dagat - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Alibangbang - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Boray-boray - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Tapay-tapay - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Pomacanthidae FishBase
Genus Pomacanthus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia and New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island (Ref. 1602).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=5663
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd8f5578-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401