Lemonpeel angelfish 5130699 208944170 2008-04-29T06:47:04Z 222.127.75.239 {{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]] [[de:Zitronen-Zwergkaiserfisch]] [[fr:Centropyge flavissima]] [[fi:Keltaherttuakala]]