Centropyge flavicauda
Whitetail Angelfish
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Pomacanthidae
Genus
Centropyge
Species
Centropyge flavicauda
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 8 cm (Total Length)
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
In the Indo-West Pacific it is widespread, from the Gulf of Aden and Oman along the East African coast to South Africa to the Tuamotu archipelago, north-eastward to the Johnston Atoll and Hawaii, northward up to Ogasawara Island, southward through the Coral Sea down to New South Wales, Australia.
It is found in coral reefs; in coral bottoms of channels and over reef slopes; also in areas with rubble bottom. Often in small loose groups on inner reefs in low patches of brittle corals and coralline algae mix that is shared by damselfishes and small wrasses. (Fishbase)
Diet
They are herbivorous (Fishbase)
