Where does the Emperor angelfish live?

Pomacanthus imperator has 5,877 records in 76 countries and territories, from 1830 to 2026. Most records come from United States Minor Outlying Islands.

5,877 records
76 places
90 years recorded
— class

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesPomacanthidaePomacanthus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
United States Minor Outlying Islands	784
Australia	599
Indonesia	591
Egypt	547
Northern Mariana Islands	540
American Samoa	290
Maldives	229
Seychelles	188
Réunion	178
French Polynesia	140
Philippines	132
New Caledonia	121
South Africa	117
Guam	115
Fiji	85
Thailand	70
Japan	69
Cook Islands	63
Israel	60
Taiwan	57
Malaysia	55
Kenya	50
India	49
Mozambique	45
Madagascar	39
Anguilla	36
Mauritius	36
Marshall Islands	35
Yemen	35
Mayotte	35
Saudi Arabia	33
Tanzania	33
United States	33
Niue	31
Tonga	28
Papua New Guinea	26
Oman	25
Wallis & Futuna	25
Myanmar	23
Sri Lanka	22

Showing the top 40 of 76 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Pomacanthidae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.