Pomacanthus zonipectus
Care: Intermediate
Diet: Omnivorous
Light: Medium
Place of origin: West America
Cortez Angel - Tropical eastern Pacific, form the Gulf of California south to Peru, the Galápagos and mexican Revilla Gigedos Islands. Occurs in rocky and coral habitats at depths between 5 and 30m. The Cortez angelfish either lives singly, in pairs and may also form aggregations. Adults are dark in appearance and have a large yellow area reaching from the forehead to the breast. There is a broad sickle-shaped body stripe behind the pectoral fins. Juveniles are very similarly patterned to juveniles of Pomacanthus semicirculatus, but the semicircular lines of this species are yellow rather than white as in juvenile P.paru and P.arcuatus from the western Atlantic. Length to 45cm.
3.5 inches