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We have all seen coral beauty angel in many color schemes and patterns. Discovered in East Indian Ocean.
The Tiger Tail isn’t rare in Mauritius but a recently collected bright yellow-orange specimen is very different from anything we’ve yet seen in Centropyge bispinosa. But it’s not just the coloration of this orange tiger tail coral beauty that is unusual, as this fish also has a rather small, slightly droopy tail and a more rounded oval silhouette to the body. The most peculiar feature of this orange coral beauty is the presence of ‘preorbital spines’ underneath its eyes, a detail which is actually a trait of the Xyphipops subgenus of Centropyge of which two species also live in the East Indian Ocean.
The Tiger Tail isn’t rare in Mauritius but a recently collected bright yellow-orange specimen is very different from anything we’ve yet seen in Centropyge bispinosa. But it’s not just the coloration of this orange tiger tail coral beauty that is unusual, as this fish also has a rather small, slightly droopy tail and a more rounded oval silhouette to the body. The most peculiar feature of this orange coral beauty is the presence of ‘preorbital spines’ underneath its eyes, a detail which is actually a trait of the Xyphipops subgenus of Centropyge of which two species also live in the East Indian Ocean.
