Lemonpeel angelfish
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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 west and south Pacific, where it lives in lagoons and reefs and eats algae.
In aquiaria, it is suitable for reef tanks and fish only tanks, but prefers reef tanks.
[edit] References
- Centropyge flavissima (TSN 646767). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 6 June 2006.
- "Centropyge flavissima". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
