Lemonpeel angelfish
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| Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831) |
The lemonpeel angelfish (Centropyge flavissima) is an omnivorous marine angelfish. Its body is a distinctive bright yellow in colour, with a blue circle around the eyes and blue behind the operculum. Juveniles have a blue ring on each side. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region, where it lives in lagoons and reefs and eats marine algae.
In aquaria, it is suitable for fish only tanks. It may be kept in a reef tank, but with caution. This species is well-known for nipping at stony coral polyps and clam mantles, and may even eat soft coral polyps and zoanthids.
[edit] References
- Centropyge flavissima (TSN 646767). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 6 June 2006.
- "Centropyge flavissima". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
