Leopold’s Angelfish (Pterophyllum leopoldi)
The smallest member of the three Angelfish species, Pterophyllum leopoldi, occurs in the headwaters of the Amazon river.
Photo: K.Dreymann
It is distinguished from other members of the Pterophyllum genus by the absence of a pre-dorsal notch and by the presence of a black blotch at the dorsal insertion on the 4th vertical bar. The species was originally described as Plataxoides leopoldi in 1963 by J.P. Gosse, and is frequently misidentified as P. dumerilii when the species is imported in the aquarium trade.
