Pearl-scaled Angelfish

Common Name: Pearl-scaled Angelfish

Scientific Name: Centropyge vroliki

Description

The Pearl-scaled Angelfish is brown to grey-green anteriorly and black posteriorly. The anal fin, caudal fin and posterior region of the dorsal fin have blue margins. The iris, pectoral fin base and opercular margin are orange.

The Pearl-scaled Angelfish resembles the juvenile Mimic Surgeonfish, but can be distinguished by the presence of a large spine on the lower preopercular margin.

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