Blue angelfish
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Blue angelfish ( Centropyge argi ) |
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The blue angelfish ( Centropyge argi ) lives in the tropical west Atlantic on the coast of Florida , near Bermuda , in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean up to the coast of French Guiana .
features
The fish reach a length of eight centimeters and are of a blue-violet basic color with a yellow-orange head. The eye is surrounded by a blue ring. The corners of the mouth are also blue. In juvenile fish, the yellow color area on the head is even larger and is pushed back more and more with increasing age. The pectoral fins are light yellow, the remaining fins dark blue with light blue edges.
Fins formula : dorsal XIV – XV / 15–16, anal III / 17.
Way of life
The blue angelfish lives very hidden, especially on scree fields in steep and deep outer reefs at depths of five to 80 meters and always stays close to the bottom and to hiding places. It is also found in shallow coral reefs in the southern Caribbean . He lives mainly in pairs, regionally also in harem groups of one territorial male and three to seven females. Like all angelfish, the blue angelfish is a protogynous hermaphrodite, which means that the fish are initially female when they reach sexual maturity and after some time transform into males. In a harem association, the strongest female changes her sex, if z. B. the male has died. Blue angelfish feed on algae and small invertebrates.
literature
- Frank Schneidewind: Angelfish . 1999, Tetra Verlag, ISBN 3-89745-137-9
- Gerald R. Allen : Butterfly and Angelfish, Volume 2 . Mergus Verlag, 1979, ISBN 3-88244-002-3
- Hans A. Baensch / Robert A. Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 6 . Mergus-Verlag, Melle, ISBN 3-88244-116-X
Web links
- Blue Angelfish on Fishbase.org (English)
- Centropyge argi inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: Pyle, R., Rocha, LA & Craig, MT, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2014.