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1393:; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.).
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670:Blue Mauritius pygmy angelfish
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1512:Perfect Little Angels, Genus
701:Blue velvet pygmy angelfish
1312:Purple-mask pygmy angelfish
1218:Resplendent pygmy angelfish
966:Yellow-head pygmy angelfish
398:Orange-back pygmy angelfish
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1556:The Blue Velvet Angelfish
1364:Black-fin pygmy angelfish
1133:Black-spot pygmy angelfish
1027:Multicolor pygmy angelfish
851:Lemon-peel pygmy angelfish
822:Yellow-fin pygmy angelfish
807:Centropyge flavipectoralis
729:Black-tail pygmy angelfish
580:Peppermint pygmy angelfish
548:Two-spined pygmy angelfish
490:Flame-back pygmy angelfish
284:This genus prefer matured
1490:Reef Tank Safe Angelfish.
1079:Nahacky's pygmy angelfish
910:Black-ear pygmy angelfish
274:protogynous hermaphrodite
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1158:Midnight pygmy angelfish
939:Japanese pygmy angelfish
1447:. October 2016 version.
1344:Indo-West Pacific area
1118:Centropyge nigriocellus
883:Yellow pygmy angelfish
647:Cocos-Keeling angelfish
519:Bicolor pygmy angelfish
479:Centropyge aurantonotus
1203:Centropyge resplendens
1191:Russet pygmy angelfish
1044:Centropyge multispinis
790:Orange pygmy angelfish
764:Western Pacific Ocean
615:Cocos pygmy angelfish
462:Golden pygmy angelfish
430:Cherub pygmy angelfish
401:east coast of Africa,
1536:Centropyge flavissima
1391:Eschmeyer, William N.
1341:Pearl-scale angelfish
1250:Mango pygmy angelfish
1056:Dusky pygmy angelfish
1012:Centropyge multicolor
995:Flame pygmy angelfish
927:Centropyge interrupta
839:Centropyge flavissima
761:Rusty pygmy angelfish
592:Centropyge cocosensis
369:Abe's pygmy angelfish
1353:Centropyge woodheadi
1106:Narc pygmy angelfish
983:Centropyge loriculus
951:Centropyge joculator
895:Centropyge hotumatua
854:Indo-Pacific region
746:Centropyge ferrugata
536:Centropyge bispinosa
386:Centropyge acanthops
57:Centropyge loriculus
1329:Centropyge vrolikii
1235:Centropyge shepardi
1091:Centropyge narcosis
1068:Centropyge nahackyi
659:Centropyge debelius
447:Centropyge aurantia
164:Holacanthus tibicen
1796:Marine fish genera
1565:2019-08-03 at the
1558:Centropyge deborae
1495:2009-05-30 at the
1435:"Species in genus
1296:Centropyge venusta
1267:Centropyge tibicen
1175:Centropyge potteri
868:Centropyge heraldi
778:Centropyge fisheri
732:the Indo-Pacific.
682:Centropyge deborae
507:Centropyge bicolor
308:angels may nip at
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1607:Q244186
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