Centropyge aurantia – T.B.

Centropyge aurantia, commonly known as the Golden angelfish, is a small/medium rare angelfish. They’ve the typical Centropyge body shape, with a dark orange to red base colour with golden vertical stripes. Through the dorsal, caudal and anal fin runs a greenish-brown continues stripe and around these fins runs a blue rim.

Like all other angelfish it’s hermphroditic and the most dominant fish will turn into a male when there is no other male around. These fish are quite shy (in nature and in an aquarium) so try not to combine them with dominant, large or very active fish and make sure ample hiding spots are available. Because C. aurantia is a rare species less is known compared to most other angelfishes. They generally don’t seem to do large damage to corals, but might pick on certain corals more than the coral likes. A picky eater with a small mouth. Feed them small live/frozen food like copepods and daphnia and make sure there is enough algae available for them to graze on to keep them healthy!

This fish is Tank Bred and will adapt to your aquarium easier compared to a wild caught specimen!