Angel Fish

Facts Of Angelfish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Common Name: Angelfish
Scientific Name: Pomacanthidae
Origin: Southern Hemisphere
Diet: Omnivore
Size (L): 7cm - 30cm (3in - 12in)
Water Type: Fresh, Salt
Optimum pH Level: 6.5 - 7.2
Lifespan:  8 - 15 years
Conservation Status: Threatened
Colour: Black, White, Yellow, Orange, Purple, Silver, Blue, Green
Skin Type:  The protective layer of the animal Scales
Favourite Food: Fish
Habitat: Rivers and coral reefs
Average Clutch Size: 500
Main Prey: Fish, Algae, Plankton
Predators: Fish, Birds, Sharks, Mammals
Distinctive Features: Body shape and brightly coloured markings

Around 100 of unique types of angelfish there are that occupy the waters of the southern half of the globe. There are two fundamental kinds of angelfish, those that live in the freshwater streams in South America (freshwater angelfish) and those angelfish that possess the salty sea waters (marine angelfish). The freshwater angelfish has a more triangular shape and will for the most part just develop to a couple of creeps long. The marine angelfish can grow up to 12 inches (an indistinguishable length from a major ruler) and by and large have splendidly shaded markings however the correct hues rely upon the angelfish species.

Both the freshwater angelfish and the marine angelfish are known to be moderately troublesome fish to keep in family unit aquariums, as the two sorts of angelfish require quite certain water conditions. Angelfish are exceptionally helpless to changes in the water, for example, salt levels and pH levels, and will frequently bite the dust if changes are excessively extraordinary. Regardless of the way that their names are the same, freshwater angelfish and marine angelfish are not thought to be firmly related. The freshwater angelfish is tropical types of cichlid, indirectly identified with the cichlids found in particular lakes in Africa. The marine angelfish are accepted to be most firmly identified with the butterfly angle.

Freshwater angelfish are local to the Amazon bowl and are additionally found in the waterways running off it. Freshwater angelfish possess the cleaner waters and want to be in temperatures somewhere in the range of 25 and 30 degrees centigrade. Freshwater angelfish lay somewhere in the range of 100 and 1,000 eggs which bring forth in only several days. Freshwater angelfish tend to lay their eggs on a level leaf or a submerged log. The child angelfish (known as sear) stay connected to the eggs for one more week and feed off the rest of the yolk in the egg sack. When they are greater at seven days old, the angelfish rotisserie isolate from their eggs and turn out to be free swimming. It is at this phase the child angelfish start nourishing from supplements in the water and on plants.

The triangular state of the freshwater angelfish implies that the angelfish can shroud all the more effortlessly among the amphibian plants in the water. Wild freshwater angelfish have extremely unmistakable dull stripes that run vertically down their bodies, enabling the freshwater angelfish to mix in to its environment. Freshwater angelfish as a rule breed forever and usually found that on the off chance that one of the angelfish guardians kicks the bucket, at that point the rest of the angelfish parent has no enthusiasm for reproducing. Freshwater angelfish feed on littler fish and spineless creatures in their indigenous habitat and also eating particles of sustenance found in the water. The freshwater angelfish is gone after by bigger types of fish, feathered creatures and marine warm blooded creatures.

Marine angelfish are for the most part found in shallow reefs in profundities of up to 50 meters. Marine angelfish are accounted for to be relatively valiant and are noted to be curious and inquisitive towards jumpers. A few types of marine angelfish are single by nature where different types of angelfish frame regional mating sets or even gatherings. The gatherings of marine angelfish typically have one male and various females. Dissimilar to the freshwater angelfish, marine angelfish lay their little eggs straight into the water. The angelfish eggs drift in the ocean, getting to be blended in with the tiny fish, until the point that they incubate. Lamentably countless angelfish eggs are unintentionally eaten by those numerous creatures that feed on the microscopic fish in the water.

Marine angelfish are most notable for the brilliant hues and examples on their bodies. Marine angelfish shift in shading and size contingent upon the types of marine angelfish, in spite of the fact that it is realized that the examples and shades of marine angelfish change definitely as they get more seasoned. It is trusted that these shading changes show the situation of the marine angelfish, inside the marine angelfish social order. Marine angelfish brush on green growth on coral reefs and shakes are well as eating littler fish and shellfish, for example, shrimp and little types of prawn. Grown-up marine angelfish are gone after by sharks, marine warm blooded creatures and people, however the youthful and littler marine angelfish are eaten by a wide range of types of creature both in the water and those in view of land, (for example, winged animals).