#2382 · 🐟 fish
Emperor Angelfish
🇳🇱 Keizersvis ·Pomacanthus imperator
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Rickard Zerpe · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Klaus Stiefel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © henrycarrick · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Nigel Marsh · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © zsispeo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. © Craig Fujii · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. © Karen Willshaw · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Ingo Rogalla · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © François Libert · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The emperor angelfish ( Pomacanthus imperator ) is a species of marine angelfish. It is a reef-associated fish, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea to Hawaii and the Austral Islands. This species is generally associated with stable populations and faces no major threats of extinction. It is a favorite of photographers, artists, and aquarists because of its unique, brilliant pattern of coloration.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,646 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1787 (239 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Emperor Angelfish
- Nederlands
- Keizersvis
- scientific name
- Pomacanthus imperator
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Pomacanthidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,646
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1787 by Marcus Elieser Bloch
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Pomacanthidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 84181, Wikidata Q847501, GBIF 2396426, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.