Flameback angelfish

Flameback angelfish
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 cm.

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. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=610459. Retrieved 6 June 2006. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Centropyge aurantonotus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.

External links

• Centropyge.net info page

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