Fishes of Nationa Park of American Samoa

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 NameSamoan NameCommon NamePhotoTSNPark StatusAbundanceResidencyNativity
Apolemichthys trimaculatus threespot angelfish 169669Present in parkNo dataNo dataNative
Centropyge aurantia golden angelfish 610458Present in SamoaNo dataNo dataNative
Centropyge bicolortu`u`u-matamalubicolor angelfish 169618Present in parkNo dataNo dataNative
Centropyge bispinosa  two-spine angelfishCentropyge bispinosus. tu`u`u-matamalu. two-spine angelfish646765Present in parkNo dataNo dataNative
Centropyge flavicauda  white-tail angelfish 610464Present in SamoaNo dataNo dataNative
Centropyge flavissimustu`u`u-sama, tu`u`u-legalemonpeel angelfishCentropyge flavissimus. tu`u`u-sama, tu`u`u-lega. lemonpeel angelfish169619Present in parkNo dataNo dataNative
Centropyge heralditu`u`u-atugauliHerald's angelfishCentropyge heraldi. tu`u`u-atugauli. Herald's angelfish169616Present in SamoaNo dataNo dataNative
Centropyge loriculustu`u`u-tusiuliflame angelfishCentropyge loriculus. tu`u`u-tusiuli. flame angelfish169613Present in parkNo dataNo dataNative
Centropyge multifasciatustu`u`u-maninimultibarred angelfish 169617Present in SamoaNo dataNo dataNative
Pomacanthus imperatortu`u`u-vaolo, tu`u`u-nuanua, tu`u`u-moanaemperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator. tu`u`u-vaolo. emperor angelfish 169635Present in parkNo dataNo dataNative
Pygoplites diacanthustu`u`u-moanaregal angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus. tu`u`u-moana. regal angelfish 169667Present in parkNo dataNo dataNative

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