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title: "King Angelfish"
description: "Holacanthus passer — Vissen. Holacanthus passer (king angelfish or passer angelfish) is a large reef dwelling marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/king-angelfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# King Angelfish

> Holacanthus passer — Vissen. Holacanthus passer (king angelfish or passer angelfish) is a large reef dwelling marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae.

- Scientific name: *Holacanthus passer*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 3279
- Wikidata: [Q1722250](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1722250)
- iNaturalist taxon: [56797](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56797)

## Names

- en: King Angelfish
- de: Kalifornischer Engelfisch
- es: Ángel real
- fr: Poisson-ange à barre blanche

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1182), MX (1094), CR (385), PA (286), CO (17)

## Summary

Holacanthus passer (king angelfish or passer angelfish) is a large reef dwelling marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Mirko Schoenitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197183657

## Machine access

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