Midnight Angelfish, Centropyge nox (Bleeker 1853)
A Midnight Angelfish, Centropyge nox, at Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
This rare coral reef inhabitant is easily recognised by its overall black coloration. The Midnight Angelfish is mimiced by the Midnight Dottyback, Manonichthys paranox.
Midnight Angelfish, Centropyge nox (Bleeker 1853)
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Distribution |
Widespread in the Western Pacific from the Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan) to Indonesia, the Solomon Islands, the Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia and Micronesia. Inhabits coral-rich areas on outer reefs. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on algae. |
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Biology |
Lives in harems. |
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Fisheries |
Ocassionally collected for sale in the aquarium industry. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Midnight Angelfish, Centropyge nox (Bleeker 1853)
References
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Pyle, R. 2001. Pomacanthidae: Angelfishes. In: K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds), FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae), pp. 3266-3286. FAO, Rome, Italy.
Pyle, R. & Myers, R. 2010. Centropyge nox. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 August 2011.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Steene, R.C. 1978. Butterfly and angelfishes of the world. A.H. and A.W. Reed Pty Ltd., Australia.
