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Pez ángel emperador (Pomacanthus imperator), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 104
2023-04-17
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Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator), Red Sea, Egypt. It is a reef-associated fish that can reach a length of up to 40 centimetres (16 in). The emperor angelfish is found at depths between 1 and 100 metres (3.3 and 328.1 ft) and is native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea to Hawaii and the Austral Islands. Its diet comprises sponges and other encrusting organisms, as well as tunicates. This popular aquarium species form pairs and both, juveniles and adults, may act as cleaner fish, cleaning ectoparasites off larger fishes.