Pearlscale Angelfish
Centropyge vrolikii
Summary 2
Centropyge vrolikii, known commonly as the pearlscale angelfish, or half black angelfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacanthidae.
Description 3
Centropyge vrolikii has a pale greyish to brownish body with marked with whitish scale centres that darken to black towards the tail. The gill slit and base of the pectoral fin are orange. The caudal fin and posterior part of the dorsal and anal fins have a blue margin. The dorsal fin contains 14 spines and 15–16 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 16–17 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in).
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- Adapted by John Sear from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centropyge_vrolikii
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centropyge_vrolikii
