CENTROPYGE FISHERI - (SNYDER, 1904)
Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Pomacanthidae (Family) > Centropyge (Genus)
Poisson ange à queue blanche, Damsel Angelfish, Fisher's Angel Fish, Fisher's Dwarf Angelfish, Fishers Pygmy Angel, White-tail Angelfish, White-tailed pygmy angelfish, Hvidhalet dværgkejserfisk, Orange dværgkejserfisk, Chairoyakko, Cherubinek Fiszera,
Synonymes
Centropyge flavicauda (Fraser-Brunner, 1933)
Centropyge caudoxanthorus (Shen, 1973)
Holacanthus fisheri (Snyder, 1904)
Centropyge flavicauda (Fraser-Brunner, 1933)
Centropyge caudoxanthorus (Shen, 1973)
Holacanthus fisheri (Snyder, 1904)
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Description
Colour variable ranging from a dark purplish-black over head, body and median fins, to dusky orange on head, chest, dorsal and anal fins fading to orange-brown centrally on body; dorsal and anal fins with a narrow blue margin; posterior part of dorsal and anal fins with narrow alternating blue and black (or blue and orange) markings; paler individuals with a dark blotch anteriorly on side of body, dorsal to pectoral fin and posterior to operculum; pectoral fins transparent; pelvic fins ranging from black to yellow with a blue pelvic spine; caudal fin a translucent yellowish. Max length : 7.5 cm TL. Depth range 10 - 95 m, usually 24 - 60 m.
Colour variable ranging from a dark purplish-black over head, body and median fins, to dusky orange on head, chest, dorsal and anal fins fading to orange-brown centrally on body; dorsal and anal fins with a narrow blue margin; posterior part of dorsal and anal fins with narrow alternating blue and black (or blue and orange) markings; paler individuals with a dark blotch anteriorly on side of body, dorsal to pectoral fin and posterior to operculum; pectoral fins transparent; pelvic fins ranging from black to yellow with a blue pelvic spine; caudal fin a translucent yellowish. Max length : 7.5 cm TL. Depth range 10 - 95 m, usually 24 - 60 m.
Etymology
Centropyge: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, pyge = tail.
fisheri: Named for Walter Kenrick Fisher (1878-1953), American zoologist, specilized in echinoderms.
Original description: Holacanthus fisheri Snyder, 1904 - Type locality: Off Diamond Head, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 27-29 fathoms.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mauritius (Mascarenes) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia and Tonga.
Centropyge: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, pyge = tail.
fisheri: Named for Walter Kenrick Fisher (1878-1953), American zoologist, specilized in echinoderms.
Original description: Holacanthus fisheri Snyder, 1904 - Type locality: Off Diamond Head, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 27-29 fathoms.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mauritius (Mascarenes) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia and Tonga.
Biology
Benthopelagic species found in reefs ; in coral bottoms of channels and over reef slopes ; also in areas with rubble bottom. Often in small loose groups on inner reefs in low patches of brittle corals and coralline algae mix that is shared by damselfishes and small wrasses. Herbivorous feeds on algae. Occasionally exported through the aquarium trade. Bi-directional sex change has been confirmed for this species.
Benthopelagic species found in reefs ; in coral bottoms of channels and over reef slopes ; also in areas with rubble bottom. Often in small loose groups on inner reefs in low patches of brittle corals and coralline algae mix that is shared by damselfishes and small wrasses. Herbivorous feeds on algae. Occasionally exported through the aquarium trade. Bi-directional sex change has been confirmed for this species.
Similar species
Centropyge argi (Woods & Kanazawa, 1951) Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and Florida, USA to French Guiana, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Centropyge argi (Woods & Kanazawa, 1951) Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and Florida, USA to French Guiana, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.