Help me find that pinnacle fish

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So I have began stocking the tank with fish slowly, but I still feel like my list is still missing my pinnacle fish. The list is below, tank is 56x24x26.

I love the koran and emporor angel, but I know they will get to big for the tank. What would be that one fish that is missing?


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Clownfish x2
Coral Beauty
Lawnmower Blenny
pintal/carpenter wrasse/mccoskers flasher (still waiting to identify)
Fire Goby
Royal Gramma
WANT
4 neon blue cleaner goby
Citron Goby
5 orange spot goby
8 milletseed/copperband butterflyfish
9 bellus angel
10 melanurus wrasse
11 yellow/yellow & purple wrasse
12 foxface
13 bristletooth tomini tang
14 green/red/blue mandarin
15 orchid dottyback
16 blue sapphire/azure damselfish
lemonpeel angel
 

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I cant think of any better fish on this list.
Tomini ideal, small and peaceful.
Also a lot of fish for this tank which is in essence 142 usable gallons with Sand and rock and lemon peel and foxface and even coral beauty will go after zoa and some softies.
 
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Tomini ideal, small and peaceful.
Also a lot of fish for this tank which is in essence 142 usable gallons with Sand and rock and lemon peel and foxface and even coral beauty will go after zoa and some softies.
In the end I probably won't get them all, just based on what I find in lfs and what's in stock as I order down the the list.

But my coral beauty was the first one in, and has been a model citizen. I have not seen it nip at coral yet.
 
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So I did have a chance to do some more research, and it just creates more questions then answers. I listed below what I have, and what is on the want list. I will not get every list on the fish, but it kind of is a guide to keep on a path. The thing is I updated the Butterflyfish, angel, and tang lines. Can some of these be mixed, within their own group? Or is it just one butterfly fish, one angel, and one tang. Also, for example, would yellow butterflyfish, yellow angels, and a foxface fight and clash? Or are they different enough? Any utilitarian reason for the gobies? Or should I skip the 3 in exchange for a bigger fish?

Like I said, this is just creating more questions.


HAVE
Clownfish x2
Coral Beauty
Lawnmower Blenny
pintal/carpenter wrasse/mccoskers flasher
Fire Goby
Royal Gramma
WANT
4 neon blue cleaner goby
Citron Goby
5 orange spot goby
8 milletseed/copperband butterflyfish (yellow longnose/ yellow pyramid)
9 bellus angel (black nox / bluefin / lemonpeel / flameback)
10 melanurus wrasse
11 yellow/yellow & purple wrasse
12 foxface
13 bristletooth tomini tang (two spot bt/squaretail bt/lavander/ blue carib/ white cheeck/ kole yellow eye)
14 green/red/blue mandarin
15 orchid dottyback
16 blue sapphire/azure damselfish
 

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