Orange angelfish
Centropyge fisheri
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Orange angelfish
- Scientific
- Centropyge fisheri
- Dhivehi
- ނިގޫހުދު ކޮކާމަސްNigoo hudhu kokaamas
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8.4 cm (total length) (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 7 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 10 to 95 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
One of the smallest angelfish, reaching about 8 cm, with a dark body, an orangish head and a white to yellow tail. It lives over rubble and low coral patches on reef slopes, usually at 20 to 50 m, and feeds on algae.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name nigoo hudhu kokaamas (MRS 1997, as Centropyge flavicauda). MRS notes it is not seen very often in the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Centropyge-fisheri.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ނިގޫހުދު_ކޮކާމަސް
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:ChairoYK.jpg
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Nigoo hudhu kokaamas' (Latin form). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ނިގޫހުދު ކޮކާމަސް' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form. FLAG: the source states no traditional name was recorded and this descriptive name was coined for the book; it is not an established fishermen's name.