🐠 Griffis Angelfish (Apolemichthys griffisi)
A Pearly Spotted Lower Body With Bold Black-and-White Upper Stripes • A Rare Deep-Water Find • One of the More Peaceful Large Angelfish
 
📋 The Griffis Angelfish has an understated but striking appearance, with a grey-to-tan lower body covered in a net-like pattern of pearly white spots, three bold black-and-white stripes along the upper half, and a distinctive black wedge marking through the eye. Juveniles look completely different, a white body with a single black stripe along the upper half, gradually developing the adult pattern as they mature.
It comes from steep outer reef slopes and drop-offs across the Central and Western Pacific, including the Marshall, Line, Phoenix, and Solomon Islands, collected from meaningfully deep water, typically 40 to 100 metres, and rarely exported through the aquarium trade, which is reflected in its price. Every Griffis Angelfish we ship is feeding well.
It's reef safe with caution, one of the more peaceful, less aggressive large angelfish, and it's often kept successfully in reef tanks with sessile invertebrates, though it may still nip at some hard and soft corals, so this isn't guaranteed with every specimen. It adapts well to aquarium life once acquired and is considered one of the hardier large angelfish, despite its deep-water origin and rarity. It reaches up to 30cm, usually 20-25cm, so plan on at least 450L.
 
💡 Highlights
🎨 Bold Black-and-White Striped Pattern: A distinctive, understated large angelfish
💎 Rare: Collected from deep water, rarely exported through the trade
😌 One of the More Peaceful Large Angelfish: Less aggressive than many relatives
⚠️ Reef Safe With Caution: Often reef-tolerant, though individual behaviour can vary
💪 Adapts Well Once Acquired: Considered hardy despite its deep-water origin