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title: "Freshwater Angelfish"
description: "Pterophyllum scalare — Pesci. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/freshwater-angelfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Freshwater Angelfish

> Pterophyllum scalare — Pesci. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Pterophyllum scalare*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1814
- Wikidata: [Q827441](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q827441)
- iNaturalist taxon: [244861](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244861)

## Names

- en: Freshwater Angelfish
- de: Skalar
- es: Pez angel
- fr: Scalaire
- nl: Maanvis
- pt: Acará
- pl: Żaglowiec skalar

## Countries with the most observations

PE (24), BR (16), SG (3)

## Photo

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

Photo: 5snake5 · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pterophyllum_scalare_couple_with_eggs.JPG

## Machine access

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