Queen Angel - Adult (Atlantic) Butterflyfish with the sponge’s oscula facing

with the sponge’s oscula facing down-wind

It may grow into any of a wide variety of delightful shapes including thin crinkled leaves

and may school with its own kind

to which they have no interest

It is bright sunny yellow all over

Queen Angel - Adult (Atlantic) Butterflyfish with the sponge’s oscula facingThe Queen angel is a very large and impressive fish from the Caribbean. As a juvenile it is blue and yellow with pale vertical stripes over its body which curve towards its head. When it matures its body becomes lighter and each scale is edged in lighter yellow, making a latticework effect. The edges of its fins become edged in bright blue and yellow and it develops a blue circular 'crown' pattern on its forehead. Not all fish transition when at the