In principle, to recognize adult fish angel does not make special work: she has a flat body, bright and motley coloring with large various strips. Thanks to the "tropical" figure this surprising fish can easily hide from predators in corals, and her unique strips make fish angel almost imperceptible.
Fish angel – who it?
Scientists around the world consider fish angel the real beauty in the underwater kingdom as very few fishes possess such unique combination of flowers. There are hundreds of types of coloring of these creations, and they are sometimes capable even to mask under so-called fishes butterflies.
Fish angel is a representative of group okuneobrazny and families of sea bony fishes. As it was already told above, characteristic sign of fish angel – very bright and unique coloring of all body. Besides, these beings in the lower part of gills have a powerful thorn directed back. Usually it has the own coloring differing from the main. The family of these fishes includes 9 childbirth and 74 views now.
In length the fish angel can reach 60 cm, but also the real dwarfs occur among them. For example, the smallest representative of family of these unique fishes is so-called centropig. Length of his trunk – no more than 10 cm. Ichthyologists note that at once to recognize young individuals of this species of fishes is problematic as they are painted absolutely differently, than adults. And distinctions these so obvious that long time ichthyologists carried young growth to a separate species of these fishes. It should be noted that such difference in coloring is no more than masking from aggressive adult relatives: thanks to the similarity to the senior companions the young growth can quietly exist in their territories. By two years of life the young fishes angels become similar to the adult relatives. As a matter of fact, at this age they also mature. At this particular time they are let in independent swimming, starting own "families".
Way of life of fish angel
Fish angel lives in tropical waters of Quiet, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Its favourite habitats are coastal waters and regions of coral reeves at absolutely different depths (from 3rd to 60 m). Fish angel eats absolutely different food: both small marine animals, and seaweed. Quite often both omnivorous individuals, and born vegetarians meet. Among fishes angels it is possible to meet copies with the huge mouths necessary for them for good nutrition: fish, floating over corals, soaks up the mouth food as if the vacuum cleaner. Character at fish angel – aggressive in relation to the relatives. These are territorial beings for whom the personal space has huge value. Ichthyologists note that the full hierarchy of types is characteristic of representatives of this charismatic family of fishes: large fishes inhabit territories about one thousand square meters, and dwarfs can count only on one coral colony. Fishes angels are the mainly monogamous beings forming long-term "family" couples. In certain cases they can form the small garemny congestions consisting of five females and one male. Both "harems", and "families" can exist all life. As a rule, these fishes aggressively defend honor of "family", actively protecting the territories.