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Centropyge eibli Klausewitz
1963, Eibl's Dwarf Angel (1), is an excellent aquarium species,
especially coming from Sri Lanka, its principal source, though
found all over the eastern Indian Ocean over to the Maldives.
Closely related to Centropyge vroliki of the Pacific, with
which it hybridizes. Aquarium pix by Hiroyuki Tanaka and
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Centropyge ferrugata
Randall & Burgess 1972, the Rusty Dwarf Angel (1), is a winner
occasionally brought in from Japan and Taiwan. It adapts very
easily to captivity. Western Pacific, Japan to the Philippines.
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Centropyge fisheri (Snyder 1904),
Fisher's Dwarf Angel (3), is one of the many Hawaiian
endemics. This is a "dwarf" Dwarf Angel, usually no
more than two inches in length. Closely related to Centropyge
flavicauda. Hawaii and Johnston Atoll distribution only. A
juvenile off of Kona and a more typical adult in captivity.
Update
from Fishbase.org: "Indo-West
Pacific: widespread, from the Gulf of Aden and Oman along the East
African coast to South Africa to the Tuamotu archipelago, north-eastward
to the Johnston Atoll and Hawaii, northward up to Ogasawara Island,
southward through the Coral Sea down to New South Wales, Australia."
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Centropyge flavicauda
Fraser-Brunner 1933, the Damsel or White-Tail Dwarf Angel (2), is
rarely seen in the trade; one of the dwarf-dwarf angels, growing
to only a couple of inches in length. Indo-west and central
Pacific. RMF pic from Gili
Air, Lombok, Indonesia.
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Centropyge flavipectoralis Randall &
Klausewitz 1977, the Moonbeam or Yellowfin Pygmy Angel (2), is a
good fish for medium aggressive fish-only set-ups. At first
glance the Yellowfin is easily mistaken for a darkened Coral
Beauty, with bright yellow pectoral fins. Sri Lanka and Maldives,
Indian Ocean.
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Centropyge
flavissima (Cuvier 1831), the True or just the Lemonpeel
Dwarf Angel, (3) look for and pay the extra-cost for Indian Ocean
specimens (Christmas and Cocos-Keeling Islands)(1-2); they are
much more likely to live. Centropyge heraldi, sometimes
called the False Lemonpeel, is very similar, but lacks the True
Lemonpeel's blue markings. Pix by Hiroyuki Tanaka and RMF of
a juvenile and adult in captivity.
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Centropyge
heraldi Woods & Schultz 1953, Herald's or the
False Lemonpeel Angel (2), are overall yellow with a variable
amount of black on their dorsal fins and behind the eyes (males),
but never with the blue outline around the eyes of the
"true" Lemonpeel, Centropyge flavissimus.
Central and western Pacific Ocean. Aquarium and N. Sulawesi
pix.
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Centropyge interruptus (Tanaka 1918), the
Japanese Pygmy Angelfish (1), a gorgeous and tough dwarf. Found
in the northwestern Pacific Ocean off southern Japan eastward.
Aquarium photos of an adult by Hiroyuki Tanaka.
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Centropyge
loricula (Gunter 1874), the Flame Angel (1), is a staple
in the ornamental marine trade, with some 5,000 individuals
collected and sold worldwide every week. Western to central
Pacific Ocean. Shown: An aquarium specimen (likely Marshall
Islands) and one in Nuka Hiva, Marquesas, Polynesia where they
typically show just one body band.
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