Golden Angelfish, Centropyge aurantia Randall & Wass 1974

Other Names: Golden Pygmy-angelfish

A Golden Angelfish, Centropyge aurantia, in Fiji, May 2017. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A reddish-orange pygmy angelfish with many narrow wavy golden bars on the sides, several dark submarginal bands on the dorsal, caudal and anal fins, and a dark bluish ring around the eye.
The Golden Angelfish is rare in Australian waters.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Centropyge aurantia in Fishes of Australia, accessed 11 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2498

Golden Angelfish, Centropyge aurantia Randall & Wass 1974

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Distribution	Recorded in the Australian region from Carter Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere, the sepcies is widespread in the Western Pacific from eastern Indonesia to American Samoa. This extremely cryptic angelfish inhabits rubble and coral rich areas, often with abundant encrusting sponges in crevices and caves.
Feeding	Omnivore - feeds on filamentous and micro algae, detritus, and small benthic invertebrates.
Fisheries	Rarely collected for the aquarium fish trade.
Similar Species	Centropyge aurantia is the only species in the genus with dark submarginal bands on the anal fin.
Species Citation	Centropyge aurantius Randall, & Wass, 1974, Japan. J. Ichthyol 21(3): 140. Type locality: Samoa.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Golden Angelfish, Centropyge aurantia Randall & Wass 1974

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