Conspicuous Angelfish
Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus
- Usual depth31–100 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and March
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 31–100 m · Deepest record: 100 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Conspicuous Angelfish, Speckled Angelfish, Spectacled Angel-fish, Spectacled Angelfish
Names in 2 more languages
- Spanish
- Ángel de anteojos
- French
- Poisson-ange à monocle
Other scientific names: Holacanthus conspicillatus
Similar species
scribbled angelfishChaetodontoplus duboulayi
Meredith's AngelfishChaetodontoplus meredithi
emperor butterflyfishChaetodontoplus mesoleucus
- Angelfish
Chaetodontoplus personifer
Blue-spotted AngelfishChaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus
Black-velvet AngelfishChaetodontoplus melanosoma
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 71 open-data records from 1952 to 2005.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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