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Lemonpeel Angelfish
Angelfish

Lemonpeel Angelfish

Centropyge flavissima

A brilliant all-yellow dwarf angel ringed with blue around the eye and gill — striking, but a step harder than the Coral Beauty. It grazes heavily and needs an established tank with plenty of microalgae, and it carries an above-average appetite for LPS polyps and clam mantles, so it is "reef-safe with caution" leaning risky. Keep one per tank, never with another Centropyge, and plan an algae-rich, meaty diet to keep it off the corals.

Temperament
Semi-aggressive
Max size
5.1"
Min tank
70 gal
Reef-safe
Reef safe with caution
Diet
Herbivore
Zone
Mid-water, Rockwork
Keep just one per tank — two will fight.
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Tankmates

How Lemonpeel Angelfish gets on with the rest of the reef, checked pair by pair by the same engine as the live pre-flight.

Best kept apart

A real clash — aggression, predation or a same-genus fight.

Flame AngelfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Flame Angelfish are the same genus (Centropyge) and will fight — keep only one.Coral Beauty AngelfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Coral Beauty Angelfish are the same genus (Centropyge) and will fight — keep only one.Bicolor AngelfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Bicolor Angelfish are the same genus (Centropyge) and will fight — keep only one.Potter's AngelfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Potter's Angelfish are the same genus (Centropyge) and will fight — keep only one.Cherub AngelfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Cherub Angelfish are the same genus (Centropyge) and will fight — keep only one.Multicolor AngelfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Multicolor Angelfish are the same genus (Centropyge) and will fight — keep only one.Rusty AngelfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Rusty Angelfish are the same genus (Centropyge) and will fight — keep only one.Eibli AngelfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Eibli Angelfish are the same genus (Centropyge) and will fight — keep only one.Pearlscale AngelfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Pearlscale Angelfish are the same genus (Centropyge) and will fight — keep only one.Keyhole AngelfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Keyhole Angelfish are the same genus (Centropyge) and will fight — keep only one.Mimic TangJuvenile A. pyroferus is a Batesian mimic of the Lemonpeel Angel; once it matures and drops the disguise it typically turns aggressively on the very angel it copied — care sheets explicitly warn against housing the two together.Volitans LionfishVolitans Lionfish has a big enough mouth to eat the much smaller Lemonpeel Angelfish.Snowflake MoraySnowflake Moray has a big enough mouth to eat the much smaller Lemonpeel Angelfish.Zebra MorayZebra Moray has a big enough mouth to eat the much smaller Lemonpeel Angelfish.Chainlink MorayChainlink Moray has a big enough mouth to eat the much smaller Lemonpeel Angelfish.Clown TriggerfishClown Triggerfish has a big enough mouth to eat the much smaller Lemonpeel Angelfish.Miniata GrouperMiniata Grouper has a big enough mouth to eat the much smaller Lemonpeel Angelfish.Panther GrouperPanther Grouper has a big enough mouth to eat the much smaller Lemonpeel Angelfish.Dogface PufferDogface Puffer has a big enough mouth to eat the much smaller Lemonpeel Angelfish.Herald's AngelfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Herald's Angelfish are the same genus (Centropyge) and will fight — keep only one.

Keep an eye on these

Usually fine, but worth watching in a smaller tank.

Maroon ClownfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Maroon Clownfish both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Blue DamselLemonpeel Angelfish and Blue Damsel both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Yellowtail DamselLemonpeel Angelfish and Yellowtail Damsel both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Red Saddleback ClownfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Red Saddleback Clownfish both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Yellow TangLemonpeel Angelfish and Yellow Tang both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Red Sea ClownfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Red Sea Clownfish both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Sailfin TangLemonpeel Angelfish and Sailfin Tang both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Purple TangLemonpeel Angelfish and Purple Tang both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Powder Blue TangLemonpeel Angelfish and Powder Blue Tang both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Matted FilefishLemonpeel Angelfish and Matted Filefish both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Yellow Clown GobyLemonpeel Angelfish (semi-aggressive) is much larger than the peaceful Yellow Clown Goby and may harass it.Green Clown GobyLemonpeel Angelfish (semi-aggressive) is much larger than the peaceful Green Clown Goby and may harass it.Convict TangLemonpeel Angelfish and Convict Tang both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Clark's ClownfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Clark's Clownfish both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Tomato ClownfishLemonpeel Angelfish and Tomato Clownfish both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Canary BlennyLemonpeel Angelfish and Canary Blenny both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Forktail BlennyLemonpeel Angelfish and Forktail Blenny both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Achilles TangLemonpeel Angelfish and Achilles Tang both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Naso TangLemonpeel Angelfish and Naso Tang both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.Scopas TangLemonpeel Angelfish and Scopas Tang both claim the same part of the tank and may squabble.