Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Flame Angelfish
Centropyge loriculus
Flame Angelfish
Also known as: Flaming Angelfish, Japanese Pygmy Angelfish
Category: Angelfishes
Scientific Name: Centropyge loriculus
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 15-180 ft. (5-55 m)
Distribution: Hawaii, Micronesia, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, 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. loriculus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 402161🔗
iNaturalist ID: 358414🔗

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