Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Randall & Wass, 1974
Centropyge multicolor, also known as Multicolor Angelfish, Pastel Pygmy Angelfish or Many-colored Angelfish, is pale peach-orange to yellow. Black speckles on a background of blue highlight an area just behind the eyes. The dorsal and anal fins are blue-black while the caudal fin is yellow. In bright contrast to its other colors, there is a horizontal swatch of silvery-white from mid-body to the caudal fin.
Centropyge multicolor needs a tank (like all known Dwarf angels) with lots of hiding places and live rock for grazing on microalgae. It does best in subdued lighting, since in the wild, it is a deep-water angel. In a coral aquarium it is impossibly to be offered to the fish a subdued lighting. The corals would die with too low lighting, however, with a too strong lighting the fish would feel unwell. In this case a compromise can be found only very hard. Centropyge multicolor is not a good reef dweller and prone to nip at stony and soft corals and clam mantles.
The diet of the Multicolor Angelfish should include angelfish preparations, mysid or frozen shrimp, and other meaty items.
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacanthidae (Family) > Centropyge (Genus)
Centropyge multicolor, also known as Multicolor Angelfish, Pastel Pygmy Angelfish or Many-colored Angelfish, is pale peach-orange to yellow. Black speckles on a background of blue highlight an area just behind the eyes. The dorsal and anal fins are blue-black while the caudal fin is yellow. In bright contrast to its other colors, there is a horizontal swatch of silvery-white from mid-body to the caudal fin.
Centropyge multicolor needs a tank (like all known Dwarf angels) with lots of hiding places and live rock for grazing on microalgae. It does best in subdued lighting, since in the wild, it is a deep-water angel. In a coral aquarium it is impossibly to be offered to the fish a subdued lighting. The corals would die with too low lighting, however, with a too strong lighting the fish would feel unwell. In this case a compromise can be found only very hard. Centropyge multicolor is not a good reef dweller and prone to nip at stony and soft corals and clam mantles.
The diet of the Multicolor Angelfish should include angelfish preparations, mysid or frozen shrimp, and other meaty items.
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacanthidae (Family) > Centropyge (Genus)
