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Updated 1/2/2024

Family Pomacanthidae

WEST PACIFIC

Centropyge flavissima



Juvenile, Savusavu Bay, Fiji, 6 feet


Savusavu Bay, Fiji, 6 feet

 

Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 15 feet

 

 

 

Faga'alu, American Samoa, 35 feet

 

  
   

LEMONPEEL ANGELFISH     Kogane-yakko

Common on coral reefs deeper than 15 feet.  Feeds upon algae.  Attains 4 inches.  Indonesia to French Polynesia, excluding Hawai'i.  Specimens seen in Hawaii harbors are illegally discarded aquarium pets.  Often misspelled C. flavissimus.