Apolemichthys
# Apolemichthys

Apolemichthys is a genus of marine angelfishes in the family Pomacanthidae.

## Species

| Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| - | - | - |
| Apolemichthys arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Banded angelfish | reefs in Hawaii and the Johnston Atoll. |
| Apolemichthys griffisi (Carlson & Taylor, 1981) | Griffis angelfish | Pacific Ocean |
| Apolemichthys guezei (Randall & Maugé, 1978) | Reunion angelfish | Réunion Indian Ocean |
| Apolemichthys kingi Heemstra, 1984 | Tiger angelfish | Western Indian Ocean: Natal, South Africa and Mozambique |
| Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1831) | Threespot angelfish | Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean |
| Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus Burgess, 1973 | Goldspotted angelfish | Pacific Ocean: Gilbert Islands to the Line islands. Reported from Kapingamarangi Atoll (eastern Caroline Islands), Nauru, Canton (Phoenix Islands), Howland, Baker, and Fanning (Line Islands) Atolls. |
| Apolemichthys xanthotis (Fraser-Brunner, 1950) | Yellow-ear angelfish | Red Sea, from the Gulf of Aqaba in the north, down through the Gulf of Aden in the south |
| Apolemichthys xanthurus (Bennett, 1833) | Yellowtail angelfish, | Maldives and the east coast of India. |

Fishbase still has Apolemichthys armitagei listed as a species within this genus but notes that it is a hybrid between Apolemichthys trimaculatus and Apolemichthys xanthurus. Fishbase state that the page will be removed as part of their next update.

