Centropyge abei, Abe's angelfish

Centropyge abei Allen, Young & Colin, 2006

Abe's angelfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Etymology: Centropyge: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, pyge = tail (Ref. 45335); abei: Named for Dr. Yoshitaka Abe, Aquamarine Fukushima.
Eponymy: Dr Yoshitaka Abe (d: 1940) became (2000) Executive Director of the Aquamarine Fukushima Aquarium, Japan. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 110 - 155 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Indonesia and Palau.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 77035)

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Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 18; Vertebrae: 24. This species is with the following set of characters: D XIII, 17; A III,18; pectoral rays 16; relatively large scales, 43-45 in lateral row from upper end of gill opening to base of caudal fin; 37 lateral line scales, terminating below end of dorsal fin and re-appearing on 7 scales of caudal peduncle; gill rakers on first arch 5 + 12; maximum body depth 1.6 in SL; 3 or 4 preopercular spines; length of primary preopercular spine 2.0 in head length; tricuspid teeth, about 50-60 in outer row in each jaw; exposed margins of preorbital, interopercle, preopercle, subopercle, supracleithrum, and posttemporal bones serrate; posterior margin of preorbital bone attached and hidden by skin and scales; color in life yellow with black upper third of back, dorsal fin, and upper part of head; a broad white bar immediately anterior to dorsal fin origin, extending to at least level of upper opercular margin; white caudal fin and peduncle (Ref. 77035).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found over bottom that is primarily composed of variably sized rubble, with temperature 20-21°C (Ref. 77035).

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Allen, G.R., F. Young and P.L. Colin, 2006. Centropyge abei, a new species of deep-dwelling angelfish (Pomacanthidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 11(1):13-18. (Ref. 77035)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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