Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Yellow Pygmy Angelfish
Centropyge heraldi
Yellow Pygmy Angelfish
Also known as: Herald's Angelfish
Category: Angelfishes
Scientific Name: Centropyge heraldi
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 15-140 ft. (5-43 m)
Distribution: Philippines, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Pomacanthidae (Family) Angelfishes
      └Centropyge (Genus)
       └C. heraldi (Species)
WoRMS ID: 278837🔗
iNaturalist ID: 96949🔗

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