Species photo: Ewout Knoester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist
Centropyge acanthops
$125.00
A larger specimen of the African flameback, a deep blue dwarf angel with a flame-orange back.
In stock and eating
From our species guide
In plain words: The African flameback angel is a tiny fish, about as long as your finger. Its body is deep blue to purple. A bright orange and yellow stripe runs along its back like a flame, and its tail is yellow.
Native to African reefs, this little angelfish pairs a blue-purple body with an orange-to-yellow band from head to dorsal fin and a yellow tail. This listing is a large fish; the species tops out at about 3 inches. Give it 55 gallons or more, plenty of live rock, and several small meals a day of algae and meaty foods. Watch SPS and polyp corals, which it may nip now and then, and avoid keeping other dwarf angels with it.
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