Centropyge debelius Blue Mauritius angelfish, Indian Ocean pride

Centropyge debelius is commonly referred to as Blue Mauritius angelfish, Indian Ocean pride. Difficulty in the aquarium: 2 - Enkel. A aquarium size of at least 400 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Centropyge debelius (c) by De Jong Marinelife

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lexID:: 1199
AphiaID:: 211782

Scientific:: Centropyge debelius
German:: Blauer Mauritius-Zwergkaiserfisch
English:: Blue Mauritius Angelfish, Indian Ocean Pride

Category:: - Dvärgkejsare

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacanthidae (Family) > Centropyge (Genus) > debelius (Species)
Initial determination:: Pyle, 1990

Occurrence:: Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Réunion , the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 48 - 90 Meter
Size:: up to 3.54" (9 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Brine Shrimps, Frozen Food (large sort), Living Food, Mysis
Tank:: 87.99 gal (~ 400L)
Difficulty:: 2 - Enkel
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-12-23 21:22:31
Last edit:: 2020-02-08 08:50:43

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Centropyge debelius are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Centropyge debelius, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Centropyge debelius, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Pyle, 1990

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacanthidae (Family) > Centropyge (Genus) > Centropyge debelius (Species)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Centropyge debelius (c) by De Jong Marinelife

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Hiroyuki Tanaka
@Hiroyuki Tanaka

am 16.05.05#1

Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Reunion and Aldabra; 9 cm; extremely rare. Only a few imported to Japan; similar to C.interrupta, C.nahackyi and C.multicolor; once
in a while regarded as C.interrupta by ichthyologists; deepwater dweller, more than 40 meters; discovered by a famous German diver Helmut Debelius; very easily kept

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