
Family Name Listing
Order: Perciformes, Family: Pomacanthidae
Tifitifi
and Tu'u'u or Angelfishes
Butterflyfishes are known as tifitifi
in Samoa, and Angelfishes as Tu'u'u.
| Scientific Name | Samoan Name | Common
Name | Photo | TSN | Park
Status | Abundance | Residency | Nativity |
| Apolemichthys trimaculatus | | threespot angelfish | | 169669 | Present
in park | No data | No data | Native |
| Centropyge
aurantia | | golden angelfish | | 610458 | Present
in Samoa | No data | No data | Native |
| Centropyge
bicolor | tu`u`u-matamalu | bicolor angelfish | | 169618 | Present
in park | No data | No data | Native |
| Centropyge
bispinosa | | two-spine angelfish |  | 646765 | Present
in park | No data | No data | Native |
| Centropyge
flavicauda | | white-tail angelfish | | 610464 | Present
in Samoa | No data | No data | Native |
| Centropyge
flavissimus | tu`u`u-sama, tu`u`u-lega | lemonpeel angelfish |  | 169619 | Present
in park | No data | No data | Native |
| Centropyge
heraldi | tu`u`u-atugauli | Herald's angelfish |  | 169616 | Present
in Samoa | No data | No data | Native |
| Centropyge
loriculus | tu`u`u-tusiuli | flame angelfish |  | 169613 | Present
in park | No data | No data | Native |
| Centropyge
multifasciatus | tu`u`u-manini | multibarred angelfish | | 169617 | Present
in Samoa | No data | No data | Native |
| Pomacanthus
imperator | tu`u`u-vaolo, tu`u`u-nuanua, tu`u`u-moana | emperor angelfish |
 |
169635 | Present
in park | No data | No data | Native |
| Pygoplites
diacanthus | tu`u`u-moana | regal angelfish |
 |
169667 | Present
in park | No data | No data | Native |
Scientific Names | Samoan
Common Names | English Common Names | Browse
Pictures
From: Park Species List   -   NPSpecies Summary
Report
Generated: 11/02/2001 National Park of American Samoa  (Fish)