Lemonpeel Angelfish

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)

Order: Perciformes (Perch-likes)

Family: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)

 

Genus/species: Centropyge flavissima

 

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Yellow dwarf angelfish with blue eye ring, blue margin to opercular cover and to dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. Max. size: 14 cm.

 

DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: West-central Pacific among coral reefs in shallow lagoons.

 

DIET IN THE WILD Algae and corals.

 

REPRODUCTION: As with other dwarf angels, they are sequential protogynous hermaphrodites. They start out sexually undifferentiated, develop into females, and with environmental influences, may develop into males. Males are typically larger.

 

LONGEVITY: Reported 11 years in captivity.

 

Color of Life: The Juvenile Acanthurus pyroferus (Mimic Surgeonfish) is a mimic surgeonfish or tang. It looks similar to the adult Centropyge flavissima (an angelfish) which is presumably an advantage as the adult angelfish has a sharp preopercular spine, while the young Mimic Surgeonfish has small, ineffective peduncular spines.

 

References

 

California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium Philippine Coral Reef 2016

 

Ron's Wordpress shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-J

 

The Australian Museum australianmuseum.net.au/lemonpeel-angelfish-centropyge-fl...

 

fishbase www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5457

 

IUCN www.iucnredlist.org/details/165878/0

 

EOL eol.org/pages/210322/details

 

 

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