Scientific Name	Genicanthus watanabei   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Yasuda & Tominaga, 1970)	Depth	1 - 20M
Chinese	渡邊頰刺魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蓋刺魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F394　Pomacanthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	渡邊月蝶魚
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	渡邊氏神仙、神仙(臺東)
Distribution in World	Middle West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	LanI Is.、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Ryukiu Is.
Synonyms	Holacanthus watanabei
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)
Specimen List	FRIP21454. NMMBP00611. NTUM01413. NTUM02390. NTUM02391. NTUM02392. NTUM02394. NTUM02396. NTUM02397. NTUM02398. NTUM02691. NTUM02692. NTUM02693. NTUM02694. NTUM02695.
Common Name	Watanabe's angelfish; Blackedged 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 15 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 17soft rays; caudal fin lunate. Males light blue with 8 black stripes on the lower 2/3 of the body (the posterior end of the uppermost yellow, the lowermost stripes extending the adjacent anal fin); females light blue with a vertical black bar above the eye and spots on the forehead; both sexes with a broad submarginal band on the dorsal and anal fins; females with broad submarginal band on the caudal-fin lobes.
habitats	Occurs in current-swept outer reef slopes and drop-offs offs at depths of 30 to 70 m. Feeds on plankton. Forms harems of 2-5 individuals.
Distribution	Distributed in the western Pacific Ocean from the Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef; including Cook Islands, Tuamoto Archipelago, and Pitcairn. It is found in lanyu and Lyudao, soutneastern Taiwan.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.