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AngelfishAngelfish

French AngelfishFrench Angelfish

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French Angelfish’s distinctive features includeBlack with bright yellow rims on scales.

French AngelfishFrench AngelfishFrench Angelfish have round tails.The juvenile’s have a yellow borderWhich forms an oval like shape.

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These little fishies are usuallyNot afraid of divers.

Queen AngelfishQueen Angelfish

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The Queen Angelfish has a dark blue spot on it’s forehead, with bright blue spots on it and circling around it, forming the crown atop the Queen’s head.

They also haveA yellow tail.

Queen AngelfishQueen Angelfish

The juvenile’s alsoHave a curved secondStripe which makes It easier to tell apartFrom the Blue Angelfish.QuickTime™ and a

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Blue AngelfishBlue Angelfish

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A distinctive feature of the Blue Angelfish is that the tail and pectoral fins are bordered in yellow.

On the juvenile the middle blue bar is straight unlike the Queen Angelfish

They are somewhat shy.But once they take a step backThey usually come back to get aCloser look.

Gray AngelfishGray Angelfish

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They also have square cut tails

Gray AngelfishGray Angelfish

Their tails also have a white to transparent margin

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The inner face of the pectoral fin is yellow.

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Townsend AngelfishTownsend Angelfish

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Queen and Blue Angelfishes occasionally interbreed creating the Townsend

They carry traits similar to both the Queen and Blue Angelfish.

For example they may have the blue crown like the Queen but without the spots within it.

They also may have a half yellow tail.

Rock BeautyRock Beauty

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The mid and rear of the body is black

As they get older the black spot grows larger and the blue ring disappears

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The really young Rock Beauties have a black spot ringed with a bright blue on the rear end of their body

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Rock BeautyRock Beauty

The forebody and tail is a yellow to yellow-orange color