Masked Angel

Genicanthus personatus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth12–27 m
Water temperature24–26 °C
Best monthsAugust and September
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) NOAA Photo Library, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Genicanthus personatus the masked angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is endemic to Hawaii.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Genicanthus personatus”, 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: 0 records
April: 0 records
May: 2 records
June: 2 records
July: 0 records
August: 99 records
September: 141 records
October: 67 records
November: 0 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 12–27 m · Deepest record: 102 m

0–10 m: 6 records
10–20 m: 150 records
20–30 m: 143 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–26 °C

22–24 °C: 116 records
24–26 °C: 190 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Masked Angel, Masked Angelfish, Masked Angel Fish

Names in 1 more languages

Spanish: Ángel enmascarado

Similar species

Zebra angelfish
Genicanthus caudovittatus
Blackstriped Angelfish
Genicanthus lamarck
Blackspot
Genicanthus melanospilos
Blackedged Angelfish
Genicanthus watanabei
Bellus Lyretail Angelfish
Genicanthus bellus
Coral Beauty
Centropyge bispinosa

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).
310 open-data records from 1975 to 2017.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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