Centropyge bispinosa
Coral Beauty | Coral Beauty Angel | Twospine Angelfish | Centropyge bispinosus
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Variable combinations of blue/violet and orange, with narrow broken bars on body consistent, but sometimes faint. Dorsal, anal and tail fins blue/purple, and yellow pectoral fins. Swim in and out of cracks in the reef. Length to 10 cm.
Information
Max Size: 10 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 22.3-30.4°C
Depth: 3-60m
Habitat Generalization Index: 20.26
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Common (22.9% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (4 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields