Multibarred Angelfish

The multibarred angelfish can be found from the eastern Indian Ocean across most of the Pacific Ocean from Cocos-Keeling Island (Australia) to the Society Islands in the French Polynesia, northward to the southern Ryukyu Islands of Japan and south to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

It lives in depths ranging from 7 to 70 meters, usually living in excess of 20 meters. It is generally found in crevices and caves on steep outer reef slopes and drop-offs.

Its base color is white with eight vertical black bars, with most, but not all, specimens also having fainter light yellow bars in between the black bars. On the lower part of the flank the black bars turn bright yellow.

The species is protogynous hermaphrodite, which means that females can change into males at some point during their lives.