Blackstriped Angelfish

Genicanthus lamarck

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth11–44 m
Water temperature24–29 °C
Best monthsMarch, May, and November
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Genicanthus lamarck, the blackstriped angelfish or Lamarck's angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It occurs in the Indo-West Pacific region.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Genicanthus lamarck”, 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: 56 records
February: 18 records
March: 70 records
April: 39 records
May: 61 records
June: 47 records
July: 43 records
August: 14 records
September: 25 records
October: 38 records
November: 61 records
December: 50 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 11–44 m · Deepest record: 99 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 21 records
20–30 m: 6 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 79 records

Photos

(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Piotr Lukasik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Blackstriped Angelfish, Freckletail Lyretail Angelfish, Lamarck's Angelfish, Lamark's Angelfish

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: Tatejimayakko, タテジマヤッコ

Other scientific names: Genicanthus lamarcki, Genicanthus lamark, Holacanthus lamarck

Similar species

Bellus Lyretail Angelfish
Genicanthus bellus
Blackspot
Genicanthus melanospilos
Coral Beauty
Centropyge bispinosa
Lemon Peel
Centropyge flavissima
Regal angelfish
Pygoplites diacanthus
Threespot angelfish
Apolemichthys 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).
203 open-data records from 1937 to 2016.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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