Flameback angelfish
| Flameback angelfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Pomacanthidae |
| Genus: | Centropyge |
| Species: | C. aurantonotus |
| Binomial name | |
| 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 centimetres (3.1 in).
When kept in an aquarium flameback angelfish are distributed throughout the tank. They prefer reef tanks to fish only tanks.
References
- "Centropyge aurantonotus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Centropyge aurantonotus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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