Bicolor angelfish

Centropyge bicolor

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth5–25 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsJune, September, and October
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The bicolor angelfish, also known as the Pacific rock beauty, oriole angelfish, oriole dwarf angel, blue and gold angel or two-colored angel, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the angelfish family Pomacanthidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Bicolor angelfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 128 records
February: 154 records
March: 177 records
April: 266 records
May: 189 records
June: 409 records
July: 269 records
August: 156 records
September: 300 records
October: 316 records
November: 221 records
December: 122 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–25 m · Deepest record: 747 m

0–10 m: 309 records
10–20 m: 401 records
20–30 m: 183 records
30–40 m: 18 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 7 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 31 records
26–28 °C: 120 records
28–30 °C: 254 records

Photos

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(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Bicolor angelfish, bicolor angelfish, Bicoloured Angelfish, Black And Gold Angel-fish, Black And Gold Angelfish, Blue And Gold Angelfish, Blue & Gold Angelfish, Two-colored Angelfish, Two coluored Angelfish

Names in 5 more languages

German: Blaugelber Zwergkaiserfisch
Spanish: Ángel bicolor
French: Poisson-ange bicolore, Poisson-ange nain bicolore
Japanese: Somewakeyakko, ソメワケヤッコ
Simplified Chinese: 二色刺尻魚, 雙色神仙, 黃鸝神仙

Other scientific names: Centropyge bicolour, Chaetodon bicolor

Similar species

Black Angelfish
Centropyge tibicen
Angel abu polos
Centropyge vrolikii
dusky angelfish
Centropyge nox
Regal angelfish
Pygoplites diacanthus
Blackstriped Angelfish
Genicanthus lamarck

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
2,139 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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