Centropyge venusta
The purple masked angelfish (Centropyge venusta) is a marine angelfish from the Western Pacific that is occasionally found the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 12 cm in length.
| Centropyge venusta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Pomacanthidae |
| Genus: | Centropyge |
| Species: | C. venusta |
| Binomial name | |
| Centropyge venusta (Yasuda & Tominaga, 1969) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sumireyakko venustus Yasuda & Tominaga, 1969 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Centropyge venusta" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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