Sealife guideThe bicolor angelfishCentropyge bicolor
Taxonomy
- Common name: Bicolor angelfish, two-colored angelfish
- French name: Poisson ange nain bicolore
- Scientific name: Centropyge bicolor (Bloch, 1787)
- Family name: Pomacanthidae
- Order name: Acanthuriformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Description
The bicolor angelfish displays a distinctive coloration with a bright yellow front half and a deep blue rear half.
Range
The bicolor angelfish is found in the tropical waters of coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region.
Did you know ?
The bicolor angelfish is a popular species in aquariums although it can exhibit territorial behavior in captivity.
The bicolor angelfish is listed as many other marine species within The
IUCN Red List of threatened species. The bicolor angelfish appears in the
IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus
Two spined angelfish
(Centropyge bispinosa)
Pearl-scaled angelfish
(Centropyge vrolikii)
Lemonpeel angelfish
(Centropyge flavissima)
Blacktail angelfish
(Centropyge eibli)
Flame angelfish
(Centropyge loriculus)
Rusty angelfish
(Centropyge ferrugata)
Within the same family
Multibarred angelfish
(Paracentropyge multifasciata)
Semicircle angelfish
(Pomacanthus semicirculatus)
Sixbar angelfish
(Pomacanthus sexstriatus)
Blueface angelfish
(Pomacanthus xanthometopon)
Yellow lemonpeel angelfish
(Pomacanthus navarchus)
Emperor angelfish
(Pomacanthus imperator)
French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
Zebra angelfish
(Genicanthus caudovittatus)
Explore also
Blacktip sandgoby
(Fusigobius melacron)
Mural goby
(Valenciennea muralis)
Dusky grouper
(Epinephelus marginatus)
Banded mud moray
(Gymnothorax chlamydatus)
Tailspot squirrelfish
(Sargocentron caudimaculatum)
Banded butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)
Pyramid butterflyfish
(Hemitaurichthys polylepis)
Spotted snake eel
(Myrichthys maculosus)
The marine species from Indo-Pacific
Bicolor angelfish
(Centropyge bicolor)
Blue tunicate
(Rhopalaea fusca)
Brownbanded bamboo shark
(Chiloscyllium punctatum)
Copperbanded butterfly
(Chelmon rostratus)
Lemonpeel angelfish
(Centropyge flavissima)
Pearl-scaled angelfish
(Centropyge vrolikii)
Persian carpet flatworm
(Pseudobiceros bedfordi)
Thornback cowfish
(Lactoria fornasini)
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