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title: "Sixband Angelfish"
description: "Pomacanthus sexstriatus — Fish. The sixbar angelfish (Pomacanthus sexstriatus), also known as the six-banded angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the angelfish family Pomacanthidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/sixband-angelfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sixband Angelfish

> Pomacanthus sexstriatus — Fish. The sixbar angelfish (Pomacanthus sexstriatus), also known as the six-banded angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the angelfish family Pomacanthidae.

- Scientific name: *Pomacanthus sexstriatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2324
- Wikidata: [Q1813462](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1813462)
- iNaturalist taxon: [110020](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/110020)

## Names

- en: Sixband Angelfish
- de: Sechsbinden-Kaiserfisch
- es: Ángel de seis bandas
- fr: Poisson-ange à six bandes

## Countries with the most observations

AU (708), ID (320), NC (307), MY (68), PW (68), SG (44), TH (31), PH (21), PG (12), SB (11), JP (7), FM (3)

## Summary

The sixbar angelfish (Pomacanthus sexstriatus), also known as the six-banded angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the angelfish family Pomacanthidae. It is found in Indo-Pacific region.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: george_vaughan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/364266358

## Machine access

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