Lemonpeel angelfish
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{{Taxobox
| name = Lemonpeel angelfish
| image = Centropyge flavissima.JPG
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Perciformes]]
| familia = [[Pomacanthidae]]
| genus = ''[[Centropyge]]''
| species = '''''C. flavissima'''''
| binomial = ''Centropyge flavissima''
| binomial_authority = ([[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1831)
}}
The '''lemonpeel angelfish''' (''Centropyge flavissima'') is an [[omnivorous]] [[marine angelfish]]. Its body is a distinctive bright yellow in colour, with a blue circle around the eyes and blue behind the [[Operculum (fish)|operculum]]. Juveniles have a blue ring on each side. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region, where it lives in [[lagoon]]s and [[reef]]s and eats marine [[alga]]e.
In [[aquarium|aquaria]], it is suitable for fish only tanks. It may be kept in a reef tank, but with caution. This species is well-known for nipping at stony coral polyps and clam mantles, and may even eat soft coral polyps and zoanthids.
==References==
* {{ITIS|ID=646767|taxon=Centropyge flavissima|year=2006|date=6 June}}
* {{FishBase species | genus = Centropyge | species = flavissima | month = May | year = 2006}}
==External links==
* [http://centropyge.net/lemonpeel.html Centropyge.net info page]
* [http://www.reefpedia.com/index.php/Lemonpeel_Angel/ Reefpedia.com info page]
[[Category:Pomacanthidae]]
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