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Chaetodontoplus poliourus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Pomacanthidae
Genus:	Chaetodontoplus
Species:	C. poliourus
Binomial name
Chaetodontoplus poliourus Randall & Rocha, 2009

Chaetodontoplus poliourus, the greytail angelfish, is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is similar to its sister species Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus, and the two were considered as being the same species for a long time. However, they can be readily distinguished by the color of their tails: C. poliurus has a grey tail, whereas C. mesoleucus has a yellow tail. The Greytail Angelfish can be found in inshore reefs and lagoons of the western Pacific, from Indonesia to Palau and Solomon Islands. It's rare in the aquarium trade, but highly sought after, and listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List.

References

1. Randall & Rocha (2009). "Chaetodontoplus poliourus, a new angelfish (Perciformes: Pomacanthidae) from the Tropical Western Pacific" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 57: 511–520.
2. "Chaetodontoplus poliourus, Greytail angelfish". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
3. Adams, Jake (2017-09-18). "The Best Pictures Yet Of The Rare Greytail Angelfish". Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
4. Richard Pyle (Bishop Museum, Hawaii; Texas), Luiz Rocha (University of; Rico), Matthew Craig (University of Puerto (2009-10-08). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Chaetodontoplus poliourus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2010-4.rlts.t168374a6484924.en. Retrieved 2021-02-26.

• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Fish described in 2009
• Taxa named by John Ernest Randall
• Taxa named by Luiz A. Rocha
• Chaetodontoplus