Scientific Name	Genicanthus melanospilos   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1857)	Depth	1 - 20M
Chinese	黑紋頰刺魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蓋刺魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F394　Pomacanthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	黑斑月蝶魚
Max Length	18 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	黑斑神仙、神仙(臺東)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Amboina
Synonyms	Holacanthus melanospilos
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Hioki, S. etc. 1982
Specimen List	ASIZP0057333. NTUM02689. NTUM02690. NTUM03727. NTUM08000. NTUM08061.
Common Name	Spotbreast angelfish; Blackspot; Blackspot angelfish; Black-spot angelfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately elongate, and strongly compressed. Preorbital bone convex and without strong spines. 1 prominent spines at angle of preopercle. Ventral edge of interopercle serrated. Eye moderately small. Mouth small, terminal, protractile, gape not extending to anterior rim or orbit. Scale on middle of body with focus on exposed portion. Anterior edge of lachrymal strongly serrated. Dorsal fin with XV spines and 16 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 18 soft rays; caudal fin lunate. Males light bluish with about 15 narrow black bars on the sides extending to the top of the head, and a large black spot on breast; females without bars, yellow on the upper sides and light blue below, and with broad submarginal bands on the dorsal and ventral edges of the caudal fin.
habitats	Generally seen in pairs on steep outer reef slopes, drop-offs, in caves or along the bases of boulders; in rich coral growth interspersed with sand. Usually occurs in loose groups of females dominated by a male. Sometimes feeds on plankton high above the
Distribution	Distributed throughout the Indo-Malayan region and southwestern Pacific Ocean to Fiji, northward to the Ryukyu Islands. It is found in Lyudao and Lanyu, southeastern Taiwan.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.