Species: Centropyge argi, Cherubfish angelfish, the Cherubfish
Centropyge argi Woods & Kanazawa, 1951
Cherubfish, Pygmy angelfish
Body oval, deep, compressed; snout short, blunt; mouth small, with brush-like teeth; a long, strong spine at the corner of the preopercle with vertical margin serrated; rear of bone under eye with 2 large, rear-pointing spines; smaller spines on the preopercle, and opercle; dorsal fin un-notched, XIV-XV, 15-16; anal rays III,17; dorsal and anal fins with bluntly angular rear tips; scales squarish, moderate sized 32-34 in lateral series, regularly arranged, very rough and with distinct ridges on the exposed part; scales extend out onto the median fins; without "axillary process" (an enlarged scale) at the base of the pelvic fins; lateral line ends under soft dorsal fin.
Deep blue body, with yellow to orange chest and lower head; a blue ring around eye.
Maximum size about 5 cm.
Habitat: coral and rubble bottoms.
Depth: 5-170 m, usually below 30 m.
N Carolina to the S Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Reef and soft bottom
- Corals
- Sand & gravel
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Sea anemones
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Herbivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental primarily
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 170
- Length Max
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- 5
