French Angelfish and Similar Species
Pomacanthus paru
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Gray Angelfish
Pomacanthus arcuatus
Key differences: Adult Gray Angelfish are uniformly gray with a white mouth and a yellow pectoral fin base, lacking the yellow scale margins of the French Angelfish. Juveniles are also black with yellow bands, but the bands are fewer (typically 3) and broader, and the caudal fin is black with a yellow margin, unlike the entirely yellow caudal fin of juvenile French Angelfish.
Queen Angelfish
Holacanthus ciliaris
Key differences: Adult Queen Angelfish are brightly colored with blue and yellow, featuring a distinctive 'crown' spot on the forehead. Juveniles are yellow with blue vertical bars, a very different pattern from the black and yellow of French Angelfish juveniles.
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