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Orangeback Angelfish
Centropyge acanthops
The orangeback angelfish or African pygmy angelfish (Centropyge acanthops) is an omnivorous marine angelfish. It has a blue body and yellow to orange colouration from the head and across the back. It is easily confused with the cherubfish (Centropyge argi), but in the latter the yellow to orange colouration only covers the head. It is native to the east coast of Africa, and reaches a maximum length of 8 cm.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 96935.