Blue-spotted Angelfish
Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus
- Water temperature29°C
- Best monthsMay
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus, the bluespotted angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is from the Western-Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 29°C
Names and classification
- English
- Blue-spotted Angelfish, Bluespotted Angelfish
Similar species
emperor butterflyfishChaetodontoplus mesoleucus
Black-velvet AngelfishChaetodontoplus melanosoma
Coral BeautyCentropyge bispinosa
Lemon PeelCentropyge flavissima
Regal angelfishPygoplites diacanthus
Threespot angelfishApolemichthys trimaculatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 12 open-data records from 2006 to 2006.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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