Pomacanthus zonipectus, (Gill, 1862)
Pomacanthus zonipectus, the Cortez angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is from the Eastern Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.
Pomacanthus zonipectus has a deep, compressed body with a short, blunt snout with a small mouth which has numerous small bristle-like teeth. Its preoperculum has a large spine at its corner and a smooth vertical edge, while the area beneath the eye and the operculum have no spines. This species can reach a total body length of about 46 cm (18 in).
Pomacanthus zonipectus occurs in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Puerto Peñasco, in the northern Gulf of California of Mexico south to Peru. It has been recorded as a vagrant from southern California, the Galapagos Islands, Cocos Island and Malpelo Island, although it has not been reported from Clipperton Island.
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