Angel - Cherub Centropyge argi

rocketlily · #1 03-07-2009, 07:11 PM

OK, during the snow today with visability on the highway of practicaly zero, I drove into the city and picked him up. Turns out he is not this fish exactly, but in the same family. A beautiful sort of royal blue/purple body with yellow/golden head and blue rings around his eyes. Only about 1" long. He's still in the plastic bag being aclimated. I'll post pictures as soon as I can.

Keri · #2 03-07-2009, 08:21 PM

I look forward to pics!

Zoaelite · #3 03-07-2009, 08:28 PM

Sounds like a Potters or a Coral Beauty. A picture would be nice.
Levi

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Originally Posted by rocketlily

OK, during the snow today with visability on the highway of practicaly zero, I drove into the city and picked him up. Turns out he is not this fish exactly, but in the same family. A beautiful sort of royal blue/purple body with yellow/golden head and blue rings around his eyes. Only about 1" long. He's still in the plastic bag being aclimated. I'll post pictures as soon as I can.

Keri · #4 03-07-2009, 08:35 PM

Maybe an African pygmy?

(like this)

Ryan · #5 03-07-2009, 09:19 PM

Sounds like a Cherub to me. Blue body with a yellow face, sounds exactly like a cherub.

IMO Zoaelite chose 2 fish that are so far off the description I have no clue why he even wasted the energy typing it.

Ryan · #6 03-07-2009, 09:20 PM

Here is a coral Beauty and a Potters

rocketlily · #7 03-07-2009, 09:50 PM

Here's his picture

Keri · #8 03-07-2009, 09:58 PM

That's a cherub

I think there is a lot of variety in the amount of yellow found on the face.... or maybe some very simmilar subspecies being sold under the same name

Tom R · #9 03-07-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by rocketlily

Here's his picture

I had one for years and it was a real character. He was in and out of the rock work and the colours get better with a well balanced diet.

Enjoy your new fish.

Tom R

karazy · #10 03-08-2009, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ryan

Sounds like a Cherub to me. Blue body with a yellow face, sounds exactly like a cherub.

IMO Zoaelite chose 2 fish that are so far off the description I have no clue why he even wasted the energy typing it.

why would you be a hypocrite and waste more energy than he did not only not helping on this thread,
but criticizing someone who has probably worked with centropyge angels much more than you?
He suggested two very common pygmy angels because he wanted to help the guy figure out what the fish was. and for what it matters it could have been a potters angel just under-described.

Nice cherub rocketlily, great color