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Apolemichthys armitagei Smith, 1955

Armitage angelfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Etymology: Apolemichthys: Greek, apolemos, -os,-on = quiet, peaceful + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Colonel A E Armitage of the Seychelles, who, according to Smith’s etymology, “…was deeply interested in the fishes of that area”. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Smith.

Issue
This species is an hybrid of Apolemichthys trimaculatus X Apolemichthys xanthurus according to Heemstra & Heemstra (2004: Ref. 58304). The species page will be removed for the next update.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated. Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Seychelles and Maldives. Randall and Anderson (Ref. 11303) note that this species might be a hybrid of Apolemichthys trimaculatus and Apolemichthys xanthurus but that more specimens are needed for confirmation.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Rare species that inhabits seaward reef slopes (Ref. 9710).

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Randall, J.E. and C. Anderson, 1993. Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands. Ichthyol. Bull. of the J.L.B. Smith Inst. of Ichthyol. (59):1-47. (Ref. 11303)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03090 (0.01378 - 0.06932), b=2.88 (2.69 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.8   ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (11 of 100).