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French Angelfish
Information resourced and
researched from
"Tropical Marine Aquaria"
by Graham.F.Cox.
Published by Treasure Press
© The Hamlyn Publishing Group
The adult of this species is considerably smaller at 12 to 15 in (30 to 38 cm) than the Black Angelfish at 18 to 22 in (45 to 55 cm). As previously stated, the vertical barring on the juvenile is a daffodil yellow colour, making it a much more attractive fish. It is also considerably more attractive as an adult, characterised by a charcoal grey to blackish body colour with the posterior margin of each scale having a creamy white to pale yellow edge. If anything, the French Angelfish is a little more fussy than the Black Angelfish with regard to feeding, although both species do well once settled into a suitably designed habitat. Adequate cover must be provided.
One cannot overstress the need for complete peace and quiet for a fish newly introduced into a sea aquarium. All too often, I am the recipient of agitated telephone calls from beginners asking why, despite the fact that they have offered ten different foods in the space of as many minutes, their newly purchased butterfly fish or angelfish is still cowering behind a rock. Nothing can be relied on more to send a nervous coral fish into a state of deep shock than this sort of behaviour.
