Genicanthus lamarck
Blackstriped angelfish | Freckletail Lyretail Angelfish | Lamarck's Angelfish
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Black stripes radiating back from eye on white central body, upper and lower body grey, dorsal fin black, yellow patch on top of head, grey tail with black spots, and elongated tips on upper and lower lobes. Similar male Genicanthus watanabei (Watanabe's Angelfish) has stripes on underside. Lacks vertical banding of males of other similarly distributed Genicanthus species, and also distinguished by presence of stripes in female. Length to 25 cm.
Information
Max Size: 25 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 24.3-31.6°C
Depth: 10-50m
Habitat Generalization Index: N/A
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Infrequent (6.7% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (4 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields