Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
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Allen, G.R. 1985 Butterfly and angelfishes of the world, volume 2. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. (Ref. 4858)
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Distribution
Range Description
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Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)
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Physical Description
Morphology
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Allen, G.R. 1985 Butterfly and angelfishes of the world, volume 2. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. (Ref. 4858)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4858&speccode=12529
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Size
Max. size
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Allen, G.R. 1985 Butterfly and angelfishes of the world, volume 2. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. (Ref. 4858)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4858&speccode=12529
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Ecology
Habitat
Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Marine
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Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 18 - 18
Temperature range (°C): 23.718 - 23.718
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.297 - 0.297
Salinity (PPS): 34.779 - 34.779
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.970 - 4.970
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.054 - 0.054
Silicate (umol/l): 2.240 - 2.240
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From 12 to 60 meters.
Habitat: reef-associated.
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Environment
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Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9710&speccode=13770
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Trophic Strategy
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Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen 1993 Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. (Ref. 9137)
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Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
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Sadovy, Y. and D.Y. Shapiro 1987 Criteria for the diagnosis of hermaphroditism in fishes. Copeia (1):136-156. (Ref. 34185)
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Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
Version
Year Assessed
Assessor/s
Reviewer/s
Contributor/s
Justification
Listed as Least Concern, as despite its relatively limited distribution, this species occurs in large and stable populations, there is very limited collection of specimens for the aquarium fish trade, no substantial habitat loss, and there are no apparent threats.
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Trends
Population
It is generally common with stable populations.
Population Trend
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Threats
Threats
There is no substantial habitat loss, there is limited collection for the marine aquarium fish trade, and there appear to be no major threats to this species overall.
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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Management
Conservation Actions
There appear to be no species-specific conservation measures in place. Populations in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)
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Wikipedia
Japanese angelfish
The Japanese angelfish or Japanese pygmy angelfish (Centropyge interruptus) is a very rare marine angelfish. It has an orangey yellow body with purplish blue spots completed with a bright yellow tail. The spots are larger towards the tail, and the bottom part the rear of the fish gradually becomes purple. The spots also turn from blue to purple towards the tail. They are native to the Ogasawara Islands south of Japan.
Little is known about this rare species. It does however have a certain reputation among saltwater aquarium keepers. The angelfish is notoriously hard to come by, and at the same time considered one of the most beautiful and durable of Centropyge angelfish. It adepts well to captivity, but because of its rarity, the few specimens that show up in captivity fetch prices in the thousands of dollars.
References
- "Centropyge interruptus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=610475. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Centropyge interruptus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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