Lemonpeel angelfish: Difference between revisions

 

==Distribution==

The lemonpeel angelfish is found in the Indo-Pacific, the core of its distribution is in the Central Pacific from the [[Ryukyu Islands]] and [[Ogasawara Islands]] of Southern Japan in the north, east to the [[Tuamotu Islands]] and south to Australia. It occurs around some Indian Ocean islands too.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> In Australia it occurs from the northern [[Great Barrier Reef]] south to [[Moreton Bay]] in [[Queensland]] and the [[Solitary Islands Marine Park|Solitary Islands]] in [[New South Wales]]. In addition, it is found off [[Lord Howe Island]] in the [[Tasman Sea]] and the Australian Indian Ocean territories of [[Christmas Island]] and [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]].<ref name = FofA/> Records from some parts of the western Pacific Ocean are likely to refer to [[Vagrancy (biology)|vagrants]]. It is absent from [[Hawaii]] and [[Johnston Atoll]].<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />

 

==Habitat and biology==

The lemonpeel angelfish is found in shallow water, typically shallower than {{convert|20|m|ft}}, in areas richness coral growth in lagoons and seaward reefs.<ref name = FofA/> The juveniles are more secretive then the adults.<ref name = Fishbase/> They are normally encountered in small groups, a [[Harem (zoology)|harem]] of a single male and several females. This species is a protogynous hermaphrodite and if there is no male in the group the dominant female may change to a male, and this change can be reversed.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> It feeds mainly on filamentous [[algae]].<ref name = FofA/>