Centropyge cocosensis
Centropyge cocosensis, commonly known as the Cocos pygmy angelfish, is a species of marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae.
Description
Centropyge cocosensis is a brightly colored angelfish that resembles the lemonpeel angelfish. As a recently discovered angelfish, this species is the colour of a lemonpeel angel, with a blue margined gill operculum, spine and fins; a conspicuous blue iris and faint blue eye ring surrounding the eye. In alcohol, its colour is uniformly yellowish with dark eye and dark posterior dorsal, anal and caudal fin margins; which differs from C. flavissima by nucleotide quasisynapomorphies at the CO1 locus, these include G at both nucleotide sites 247 and 366 of the gene. Little is known about this fish, including maximum length, breeding habits, and food preferences.
Distribution
Centropyge cocosensis is known only from Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Eastern Indian Ocean.
Utilisation
Centropyge cocosensis specimens are rarely obtained through aquarium trade.