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Orangeback angelfish
| Orangeback angelfish | |
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| A live individual. | |
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| A dead specimen. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Pomacanthidae |
| Genus: | Centropyge |
| Species: | C. acanthops
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| Binomial name | |
| Centropyge acanthops | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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The orangeback angelfish (Centropyge acanthops), also known as the flameback angelfish, African pygmy angelfish and in South Africa as the Jumping Bean or Bean, is a species of ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean.
- ^ Fricke, R. (2010). "Centropyge acanthops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155083A4694588. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155083A4694588.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Centropyge acanthops". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Centropyge acanthops". FishBase. December 2019 version.
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