#2357 · 🐟 fish
Regal Angelfish
🇳🇱 Pauwoogkeizersvis ·Pygoplites diacanthus
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what is it?
The regal angelfish ( Pygoplites diacanthus ) or royal angelfish , is a species of marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae, and the monotypic genus Pygoplites . It is found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceans. It can grow as long as 25 cm.
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.
- 4,032 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pieter Boddaert in 1772 (254 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Regal Angelfish
- Nederlands
- Pauwoogkeizersvis
- scientific name
- Pygoplites diacanthus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Pomacanthidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,032
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1772 by Pieter Boddaert
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Pomacanthidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 111389, Wikidata Q1759426, GBIF 2396596, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.