Light blue fish with black fin edges and a forked tail.

Watanabe's angelfish

Genicanthus watanabei
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Wild Reef
Diet Very small animals called zooplankton
Size Length: Up to 6 inches (15 cm)
Type Fishes
Range Outer reef slopes and dropoffs in the West-Central Pacific Ocean
Habitat Watanabe’s angelfish live on current-swept outer reef slopes and dropoffs in the west central Pacific Ocean

Did you know?

  1. Male Watanabe’s angelfish form harems of two to five females.

IUCN Red List Conservation Status