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背棘 (总数) : 14 - 15; 背的软条 (总数) : 15 - 16; 臀棘: 3; 臀鳍软条: 16. This species is distinguished by the following characters: colour of live individual is lemonpeel yellow with blue margined gill operculum, spine and fins; conspicuous blue iris and faint blue eye ring surrounding the eye; colour in alcohol is uniformly yellowish with dark eye and dark posterior dorsal, anal and caudal fin margins; differs from C. flavissima (and 2 other species of this specis complex) by nucleotide quasisynapomorphies at the CO1 locus, these include G at both nucleotide sites 247 and 366 of the gene (Ref. 116591). Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Occurs in coral-rich areas of lagoons, passages, and seaward reefs. Small groups consist of several females and a dominant male (Ref. 137463).
Shen, K.-N., C.-W. Chang, E. Delrieu-Trottin and P. Borsa, 2016. Lemonpeel (Centropyge flavissima) and yellow (C. heraldi) pygmy angelfishes each consist of two geographically isolated sibling species. Mar. Biodiv. (Ref. 116591)
世界自然保护联盟红皮书 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
