Twospine Angelfish (species: Centropyge bispinosa) in ALA: LIRS and surrounds using records to Oct. 2021 (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Centropyge bispinosa
Twospine Angelfish


©Andy Lewis

©Anne Hoggett: One of many Centropyge bispinosa on the outer side of Ribbon Reef 10 near Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Pomacanthidae
Genus Centropyge
Species Centropyge bispinosa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 10 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Eagle, J.V. (1997). Comparative ecology and life history of pygmy angelfishes (Centropyge: Pomacanthidae), Honours thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 536.
  • Eagle, J.V., G.P. Jones and M.I. McCormick (2001). A multi-scale study of the relationships between habitat use and the distribution and abundance patterns of three coral reef angelfishes (Pomacanthidae), Marine Ecology Progress Series, 214: 253-265. LIRS catalog number 656.
  • Konow, N. and D.R. Bellwood (2011). Evolution of high trophic diversity based on limited functional disparity in the feeding apparatus of marine angelfishes (f. Pomacanthidae). PLoS One, 6(9) e 24113. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024113.. LIRS catalog number 1432.
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