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Pearl scale angel fish
Scientific name : Centropyge vrolickii
Small angel fish, grey colour fading in black in the posterior part. Orange edge of eye, gill operculum and pectoral fin axilla. 9 cm. Feeding mostly on algae. The juvenile surgeon fish Acanthurus pyroferus mimics it. For identification, the surgeon fish has no opercular spine.
Habitat:
Back reef, Reef external slope, Reef front
Distribution:
Western Pacific
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