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Blacktail angelfish

Amazing fact

The blacktail angelfish has a black tail fin edged in bright blue.

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Blacktail angelfish in its habitat (illustration)

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The blacktail angelfish has a black tail fin edged in bright blue.

SourceMuseums Victoria — Eibl's Angelfish, Centropyge eibli

THE REAL WORLD

The real Blacktail angelfish

Scientific name: Centropyge eibli
Japanese name: エイブルズエンゼルフィッシュ
Group: Ocean animals

Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Centropyge

Facts about the real animal.

Where the name “Blacktail angelfish” comes from

Its genus name comes from Greek words meaning “sting” and “tail”. Its species name honors the German biologist Eibl-Eibesfeldt.

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A fish of rocky shores and coral-rich places in the eastern Indian Ocean.

鳥羽水族館 — エイブルズエンゼルフィッシュ

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It eats algae.

鳥羽水族館 — エイブルズエンゼルフィッシュ

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It lives in small harems.

鳥羽水族館 — エイブルズエンゼルフィッシュ

How the Blacktail angelfish lives

It is a fish that does not migrate.

Basic data

Diet: Algae
Range: Eastern Indian Ocean

鳥羽水族館

Where the Blacktail angelfish has been recorded

World map with dots where the Blacktail angelfish has been recorded — Each dot marks a place with observations or specimens shared on GBIF. Some records are of animals that strayed or were brought by people, so the dots are not always where the animal lives.

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesWorld oceans Coasts Coral reefs

Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.

Names around the world

日本語: エイブルズエンゼルフィッシュ
简体中文: 虎纹刺尻鱼
繁體中文: 虎紋刺尻魚
Español: Pez ángel enano de cola negra
Français: Poisson-ange nain d'Eibli
Deutsch: Eibls Zwergkaiserfisch
Português (Brasil): Peixe-anjo-de-cauda-preta
Italiano: Pesce angelo pigmeo dalla coda nera
ไทย: ปลาสุดสาครจิ๋วลายเข้ม

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

鳥羽水族館 — エイブルズエンゼルフィッシュChecked: 2026-11-04
Museums Victoria — Eibl's Angelfish, Centropyge eibliChecked: 2026-11-07
FishBase — Centropyge eibli, Blacktail angelfishChecked: 2026-11-07

We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.

The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.

The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.

This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.

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