Flameback angelfish
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| Centropyge aurantonotus Burgess, 1974 |
The flameback angelfish or flameback pygmy angelfish (Centropyge aurantonotus) is an omnivorous marine angelfish, with blue body and yellow to orange colouration from the face to middle or end of dorsal fin. It is easily confused with the orangeback angelfish (Centropyge acanthops), but in the latter the yellow to orange colouration extends to cover the entire back. It is native to the southern Caribbean Sea and the coastal waters of Brazil; it reaches a maximum length of 8 cm.
When kept in an aquarium flameback angelfish are distributed throughout the tank. They prefer reef tanks to fish only tanks.
[edit] References
- Centropyge aurantonotus (TSN 610459). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 6 June 2006.
- "Centropyge aurantonotus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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