Six-banded Angel Fish, colour. Euxiphipops sexstriatus (Cuvier)

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Artwork by Frank Olsen.

Also known as the Sixbar Angel Fish, this marine angelfish has an easily recognisable yellow body with black vertical stripes (usually six on each side, hence ‘sixbar’), one white vertical stripe on each side of its black head, fluorescent blue spots on the body, fins and tail and fluorescent blue lines on the top and bottom fin and tail.

They are common in South Pacific reefs, most commonly the Great Barrier Reef of Australia’s north-east coast. It can grow to a maximum size of 46 cm in the ocean. This species is omnivorous, eating sponges, corals and algae, and is also known to eat other fishes’ eggs. Often seen in pairs, the six-banded angel fish mates with one partner and they stay together for life.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 6216

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