Scientific Name	Centropyge fisheri   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Snyder, 1904)	Depth	10 - 60M
Chinese	費氏刺尻魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蓋刺魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F394　Pomacanthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	條尾刺尻魚
Max Length	8 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	白尾新娘
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	China sea
Synonyms	Centropyge caudoxanthorus, Centropyge flavicauda, Holacanthus fisheri
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Tominaga, Y. etc. 1973 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	NMMSTP00031. NTUM00098Holotype. NTUM00695.
Common Name	Whitetail angelfish; White-tail angelfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body short and deep, and strongly compressed. Preorbital bone convex and without strong spines. 1 prominent spines at angle of preopercle. Ventral edge of interopercle serrated. Eye moderately small. Mouth small, terminal, protractile, gape not extending to anterior rim or orbit. Dorsal fin with XIV spines and 15 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 17 soft rays; caudal fin slightly rounded. Color is variable, ranging from brown with golden brown head with a black blotch just behind the head to dark brown or almost black; caudal fin is white or yellowish; anal fin with bluish white band on the edge. Juvenile black to bright blue with pale tail.
habitats	Inhabits coral bottoms of channels and over reef slopes at depths of 10 to 60 m. Herbivorous. Often in small loose groups on inner reefs in low patches of brittle corals and coralline algae mix that is shared by damselfishes and small wrasses.
Distribution	East Africa to the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales, Australia. Replaced by Centropyge fisheri in the Hawaiian Islands. It is found in southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.