Abstract
Yet another angelfish species for the Mediterranean – the first record of Holacanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951 from Maltese waters, central Mediterranean
Highlights
Angelfish are typical inhabitants of tropical and subtropical waters
A number of angelfishes have been recorded in Mediterranean waters – two species belonging to the genus Pomacanthus Lacépède, 1802 (Pomacanthus maculosus and P. imperator) and one to the genus Holacanthus Lacépède, 1802 (H. ciliaris) (Golani et al 2010; Bariche 2010; Salameh et al 2012; Karachle et al 2016; Evans et al 2016)
The genus Holacanthus is relatively small, with just seven recognised species, six of which are characteristic of Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific coastal waters and only one species native to the Eastern Atlantic (Alva-Campbell et al 2010)
Summary
Angelfish (family Pomacanthidae) are typical inhabitants of tropical and subtropical waters. The only specimen to date documented in the Mediterranean is H. ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) — a species native of the Western Atlantic — and was found in coastal waters in proximity to an oil platform in Croatia (Dulčić and Dragičević 2013).
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