Royal angelfish
| Royal angelfish | |
|---|---|
| At Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Pomacanthidae |
| Genus: | Pygoplites Fraser-Brunner, 1933 |
| Species: | P. diacanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The royal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus), or regal angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae, and the monotypic genus Pygoplites. It is found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceans. It can grow as long as 25 cm (9.8 in).