Old woman angelfish
(Pomacanthus rhomboides)
General data
The old woman angelfish, as an adult it is possibly the least colourful of the genus Pomacanthus.
The adults are bronze brown on the anterior two thirds of their bodies with the posterior third being pale bluish grey.
The juveniles resemble the juveniles of other species in the genus and are, therefore, more colourful than the adults. They are mainly black with thin, want blue and white lines.
The dorsal fin contains 11-13 spines and 22-25 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 21-23 soft rays.
This species attains a maximum total length of 46 centimetres (18 in).
The old woman angelfish is found in the western Indian Ocean. It is found from Delagoa Bay in Mozambique southwards along the coast of South Africa as far as Knysna in the Western Cape.
