Blue ring angelfish
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| phylum | Chordata | The blue ring angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) is an angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans from East Africa, throughout Indonesia and New Guinea to New Caledonia, north to southern Japan. It bears a considerable resemblance to the Emperor Angelfish in that it undergoes changes in coloring in its development from youth to maturity. The young of the blue ring angelfish are at first a dark blue, almost black, with broad turquoise and white vertical stripes. Adults will exhibit a violet coloring with semicircular marks on the middle of the body.
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| class | Actinopterygii | |
| order | Perciformes | |
| family | Pomacanthidae | |
| genus | Pomacanthus | |
| species | P. annularis
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