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Lemonpeel angelfish

A bright yellow angelfish from the Indo-Pacific region.

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Lemonpeel angelfish

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A bluish or whitish ring encircles the eye of the bright yellow lemonpeel angelfish, and a black blotch is located on the rear edge of its gill cover.[1] This angelfish is frequently sold for home aquariums.[2]

Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassActinopterygii
  4. DivisionTeleostei
  5. OrderAcanthuriformes
  6. FamilyPomacanthidae
  7. GenusCentropyge
  8. SpeciesCentropyge flavissima

Named by (Cuvier, 1831)

Close relatives

Other species of Centropyge with a Codexery entry.

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Lemonpeel angelfish (CC BY-SA 4.0) · order, family and genus agree with WoRMS AphiaID 278836 (CC BY 4.0)

Conservation status

Least Concern (LC)

  1. LC▲ this species
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX
Population trend
Not held in our sources — see the assessment
Assessment published
2010

Source: IUCN Red List assessment · GBIF copy of the Red List category

Where the lemonpeel angelfish has been recorded

Where the lemonpeel angelfish has been recorded156 mapped locations from 15,498 GBIF occurrence records; marked places: Ryukyu Islands, TuamotusRyukyu IslandsTuamotus

Each dot is a place where the species has been observed and reported (15,498 records, half-degree grid) — not a modelled range. 7 inland records left out (institution coordinates).

Map: drawn by Codexery. Data: GBIF occurrence search (records CC0 / CC BY) · Natural Earth basemap (public domain) · place coordinates: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Biology and range

The lemonpeel angelfish is found in the Indo-Pacific, from the Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands south to Australia and east to the Tuamotu Islands.[2] It inhabits coral-rich areas in lagoons and seaward reefs, typically shallower than 20 m.[3] According to the Fishes of Australia account, these fish are typically observed in small harems consisting of one male and multiple females.[4] Filamentous algae make up the bulk of its diet.[5]

Young fish display a black ocellus with blue edges on their side.[1]

What the specialist sources record

The same source reports that this species hybridises with Centropyge eibli and C. vrolikii.[4] The World Register of Marine Species lists the species as Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831), family Pomacanthidae, order Acanthuriformes.[6] GBIF holds 15,905 occurrence records for this taxon as of 7 October 2026.[7]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Lemonpeel angelfish" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bray, D.J., "Centropyge flavissima", Fishes of Australia, 2020 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Lemonpeel angelfish" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pyle, R., "Centropyge flavissima", 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Lemonpeel angelfish" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bray, D.J., "Centropyge flavissima", Fishes of Australia, 2020; (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Bray, D.J., "Centropyge flavissima", Fishes of Australia, 2020. facts only, no text reused. fishesofaustralia.net.au
  5. Wikipedia, "Lemonpeel angelfish" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pyle, R., "Centropyge flavissima", 2010; Bray, D.J., "Centropyge flavissima", Fishes of Australia, 2020 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. World Register of Marine Species, Centropyge flavissima (AphiaID 278836). CC BY 4.0. marinespecies.org
  7. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Centropyge flavissima (taxon key 2396499). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Lemonpeel angelfish (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

Related entries

Same family (Pomacanthidae)

Apolemichthys griffisi Apolemichthys griffisiApolemichthys xanthotis Apolemichthys xanthotisArabian angelfish Pomacanthus asfurBlackedged angelfish Genicanthus watanabeiChaetodontoplus ballinae Chaetodontoplus ballinaeChaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus

Named in this entry

CentropygeGenus

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Test yourself

Three questions drawn from this entry’s sources. Pick an answer to check it.

1. Who first scientifically described the lemonpeel angelfish?

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Not quite. The answer is Georges Cuvier.

2. To which genus does the lemonpeel angelfish belong?

Correct.

Not quite. The answer is Centropyge.

3. What is the scientific name of the lemonpeel angelfish?

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Not quite. The answer is Centropyge flavissima.

Answers checked against the source article

Sources

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