Scientific Name	Centropyge interruptus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Tanaka, 1918)	Depth	10 - 50M
Chinese	斷線刺尻魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蓋刺魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F394　Pomacanthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	斷線刺尻魚
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	藍新娘
Distribution in World	Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North East、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tanabe, Japan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Tominaga, Y. etc. 1973 Moyer, J.T. etc. 1978 Ralston, S. 1981 Hioki, S. etc. 1987
Specimen List	NTUM06271.
Common Name	Japanese 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 16 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 17 soft rays; caudal fin rounded. Color in life variable; orange-red with many relatively small blue spots on anterior half of body, and drak blue on posterior part of body; or overall drak blue; caudal fin yellow or pale.
habitats	Inhabits rocky and coral reefs.
Distribution	Known only found in southern and central Japan, Taiwan and the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is very rare and only found in northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.