---
title: "French Angelfish"
description: "Pomacanthus paru — Fish. Pomacanthus paru, also known by its common name the French angelfish, is a slow growing coral reef fish from the Caribbean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/french-angelfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# French Angelfish

> Pomacanthus paru — Fish. Pomacanthus paru, also known by its common name the French angelfish, is a slow growing coral reef fish from the Caribbean.

- Scientific name: *Pomacanthus paru*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 5190
- Wikidata: [Q369441](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369441)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49257](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49257)

## Names

- en: French Angelfish
- de: Franzosen-Kaiserfisch
- es: Gallineta negra
- fr: Poisson-ange français
- nl: Franse keizersvis
- pt: Peixe-frade

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1020), US (518), BR (252), KY (217), BZ (201), CW (199), HN (188), MQ (154), AW (135), PR (116), VI (109), GP (94)

## Summary

Pomacanthus paru, also known by its common name the French angelfish, is a slow growing coral reef fish from the Caribbean. The species is of the family Pomacanthidae, which contains other species of marine angelfish. Its closest relative is the grey angelfish (P. arcuatus).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_angelfish

## Photo

![French Angelfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/french-angelfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Edwin Wilke · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231946416

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/french-angelfish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).