🐠 Gray Angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus)
A Bold Charcoal-Grey Adult Body With Subtle Scale Edging • A Striking Black-and-Yellow Juvenile Pattern • A Rare Western Atlantic Find
 
📋 The Gray Angelfish has a bold, understated presence as an adult, developing a dark charcoal-to-grey body with subtle lighter edging along each scale. Juveniles look completely different, displaying alternating black and bright yellow vertical bands that gradually fade into the muted adult pattern.
It comes from the Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, and Brazil, uncommon in a trade largely focused on Indo-Pacific fish, inhabiting reef walls, rocky shorelines, and sponge-rich reef environments. Every Gray Angelfish we ship is feeding well, and we offer small amounts several times daily to help new arrivals settle in confidently, with plenty of hiding places available.
It's not reef safe, and will nip at sponges, soft corals, tunicates, and algae, making it best suited to a spacious fish-only or FOWLR aquarium. It should be added as one of the last fish to an already-established tank, alongside robust tankmates like tangs, large wrasses, or triggerfish, never with lionfish, seahorses, or scorpionfish, which it may nibble at. It reaches up to 35cm, so plan on at least 680L, and 900L or more for a full-grown adult.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Bold Charcoal-Grey Adult Colouration: A striking contrast to its black-and-yellow juvenile pattern
💎 A Western Atlantic Rarity: Uncommon in a largely Indo-Pacific-focused trade
🍽️ Ships Feeding Well: Settled onto frequent small meals, with plenty of hiding places
⚠️ Not Reef Safe: Will nip at sponges, soft corals, and tunicates
📏 A Large Species: Can reach up to 35cm at full maturity