Golden Angelfish

Centropyge heraldi

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth11–25 m
Water temperature22–29 °C
Best monthsApril and May
How commonOccasional

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About this species

Centropyge heraldi, the yellow angelfish or Herald's angelfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It comes from the Pacific Ocean and sometimes makes its way into the aquarium trade.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 6 records
February: 71 records
March: 136 records
April: 309 records
May: 242 records
June: 122 records
July: 45 records
August: 22 records
September: 58 records
October: 80 records
November: 31 records
December: 13 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 11–25 m · Deepest record: 83.2 m

0–10 m: 45 records
10–20 m: 351 records
20–30 m: 566 records
30–40 m: 9 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 16 records
26–28 °C: 31 records
28–30 °C: 803 records

Photos

(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Rachel Crane, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) João D'Andretta, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Golden Angelfish, Herald's angelfish, very drab, Yellow Angelfish, Yellow Bannerfin Angelfish, Yellow Pygmyangel

Names in 4 more languages

German: Heralds Zwergkaiserfisch
French: Poisson-ange de Hérald, Poisson-ange nain de Hérald
Japanese: Herarudo-koganeyakko, Herarudokoganeyakko, ヘラルドコガネヤッコ
Simplified Chinese: 海氏刺尻魚, 海氏刺尻鱼, 黃新娘

Other scientific names: Pomacanthus heraldi

Similar species

Coral Beauty
Centropyge bispinosa
Lemon Peel
Centropyge flavissima
Bicolor angelfish
Centropyge bicolor
Damsel Angelfish
Centropyge fisheri
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).
1,387 open-data records from 1946 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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