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Bicolor angelfish

Centropyge bicolor (Bloch, 1787)

Status not recordedbony fish

The bicolor angelfish (Centropyge bicolor) is a species in the family Pomacanthidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the bicolor angelfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bicolor angelfish live?

Not recorded

Is the bicolor angelfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bicolor angelfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyPomacanthidae
  6. genusCentropyge
  7. SpeciesCentropyge bicolor (Bloch, 1787)

Synonyms Centropyge bicolour, Chaetodon bicolor, Holacanthus bicolor

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Bicoloured angelfishEnglish
  • Black and gold angel-fishEnglish
  • Black and gold angelfishEnglish
  • Blue & gold angelfishEnglish
  • Blue and gold angelfishEnglish
  • Two coluored angelfishEnglish
  • Two-colored angelfishEnglish
  • Peix àngel bicolorCatalan
  • Boray-borayCebuano
  • pomčík modrožlutýCzech
  • Tofarvet DværgkejserDanish
  • Blaugelber ZwergkaiserfischGerman
  • Ángel bicolorSpanish
  • Poisson-ange nain bicoloreFrench
  • Pesce angelo bicoloreItalian
  • ソメワケヤッコJapanese
  • Peixe-anjo-bicolorPortuguese
  • Двухцветный центропигRussian
  • Tafidan kuturoot
  • Cá BướmVietnamese
  • 雙色神仙Chinese
  • Tofarvet DværgkejserfiskDanish
  • Poisson-ange bicoloreFrench
  • Pesce angelo pigmeo a due coloriItalian
  • Pesce angelo pigmeo bicoloreItalian
  • SomewakeyakkoJapanese
  • Angel biru kuningroot
  • Tu'u'u-matamaluroot
  • 二色刺尻魚Chinese
  • 黃鸝神仙Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bicolor angelfish

Other species in the same genus Centropyge.

Coral beauty

Centropyge bispinosa

PomacanthidaeNo free photo yet

Flame angel

Centropyge loriculus

PomacanthidaeNo free photo yet

Lemon peel

Centropyge flavissima

PomacanthidaeNo free photo yet

Cherubfish

Centropyge argi

PomacanthidaeNo free photo yet

CompareBicolor angelfish vs Coral beautyBicolor angelfish vs Flame angelBicolor angelfish vs Lemon peelBicolor angelfish vs Cherubfish

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the bicolor angelfish?

The bicolor angelfish (Centropyge bicolor) belongs to the family Pomacanthidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bicolor angelfish (Centropyge bicolor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bicolor-angelfish

MLA

“Bicolor angelfish (Centropyge bicolor).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bicolor-angelfish.

BibTeX
@misc{bicolor_angelfish_2026,
  title = {Bicolor angelfish (Centropyge bicolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bicolor-angelfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}