Orangeback angelfish
| Orangeback angelfish | |
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| A live individual. | |
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| A dead specimen. | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Pomacanthidae |
| Genus: | Centropyge |
| Species: | C. acanthops |
| Binomial name | |
| Centropyge acanthops (Norman, 1922)[1] | |
The orangeback angelfish or African pygmy angelfish (Centropyge acanthops) is an omnivorous marine angelfish. It has a blue body and yellow to orange colouration from the head and across the back. It is easily confused with the cherubfish (Centropyge argi), but in the latter the yellow to orange colouration only covers the head. It is native to the east coast of Africa, and reaches a maximum length of 8 cm.
When kept in an aquarium orangeback angelfish are distributed throughout the tank. They prefer reef tanks to fish only tanks.
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2012). "Centropyge acanthops". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- "Centropyge". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Centropyge acanthops" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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