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What is El Niño?
A new El Niño event, described as “very strong”, is set to occur from this spring onwards.
Identity card
Bicolor angelfish
- Scientific name:
- Centropyge bicolor
- Family:
- Pomacanthidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- Bloch, 1787
- IUCN Status:
- Least Concern
- Distribution:
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Found in the Indo-Pacific: from East Africa to the Samoa Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands and south to the Great Barrier Reef.
- Habitat:
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Coastal coral reefs, lagoons and outer reef slopes, between 1 and 25 metres deep.
- Size:
Up to 15 cm in length.
- Diet:
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It feeds on algae, sponges, and small benthic invertebrates.
