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title: "Ustniczek francuzik"
description: "Pomacanthus arcuatus — Ryby. The gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus), also written as grey angelfish and known in Jamaica as the pot cover, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the marine angelfish family, Pomacanthidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/grey-angelfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Ustniczek francuzik

> Pomacanthus arcuatus — Ryby. The gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus), also written as grey angelfish and known in Jamaica as the pot cover, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the marine angelfish family, Pomacanthidae.

- Scientific name: *Pomacanthus arcuatus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2674
- Wikidata: [Q1543783](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1543783)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49427](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49427)

## Names

- en: Grey Angelfish
- de: Grauer Kaiserfisch
- es: Gallineta café
- fr: Poisson-ange gris
- nl: Zwarte keizersvis
- pl: Ustniczek francuzik

## Countries with the most observations

US (743), MX (426), BZ (266), BS (138), HN (132), VI (94), PA (88), KY (76), CU (63), PR (29), CO (25), VG (23)

## Summary

The gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus), also written as grey angelfish and known in Jamaica as the pot cover, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the marine angelfish family, Pomacanthidae. It is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Ustniczek francuzik](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-angelfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel Estabrooks · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36231892

## Machine access

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