Damsel Angelfish

Centropyge fisheri

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth14–27 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsJune, August, and September
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Rickard Zerpe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Centropyge fisheri, the orange angelfish, whitetail angelfish, damsel angelfish, yellowtail angelfish, Hawaiian flame angelfish, Fisher's angelfish, Fisher's dwarf angelfish or Fisher's pygmy angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 8 records
March: 39 records
April: 24 records
May: 27 records
June: 94 records
July: 63 records
August: 136 records
September: 99 records
October: 66 records
November: 51 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 14–27 m · Deepest record: 99 m

0–10 m: 7 records
10–20 m: 143 records
20–30 m: 329 records
30–40 m: 10 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 3 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 16 records
24–26 °C: 364 records
26–28 °C: 11 records
28–30 °C: 90 records

Photos

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Names and classification

English: Damsel Angelfish, Fisher's Angel, Fisher's Angelfish, Fisher's Pygmy Angelfish, Hawaiian Flame Angelfish, Orange Angelfish, White-tail Angelfish, Whitetail Angelfish, White-tailed Pygmy Angelfish, Yellowtail Angelfish

Names in 4 more languages

German: Hawaii-Zwergkaiserfisch
French: Poisson-ange à queue jaune, Poisson-ange nain à queue jaune
Japanese: Chairoyakko, チャイロヤッコ
Simplified Chinese: 条尾刺尻鱼, 條尾刺尻魚, 白尾新娘, 費氏刺尻魚

Other scientific names: Centropyge caudoxanthorus, Centropyge flavicauda, Holacanthus fisheri, Xiphipops fisheri, Xiphipops flavicauda

Similar species

Coral Beauty
Centropyge bispinosa
Lemon Peel
Centropyge flavissima
Bicolor angelfish
Centropyge bicolor
Golden Angelfish
Centropyge heraldi
Black Angelfish
Centropyge tibicen
Angel abu polos
Centropyge vrolikii

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).
588 open-data records from 1902 to 2019.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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