Centropyge cocosensis & C. woodheadi, two ‘new’ species of pygmy angelfish

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Centropyge cocosensis and C. woodheadi are two new names for new species angelfish which aquarists have long recognized as distinct. There’s been much confusion and speculation on the true identity of both the Cocos Island Lemonpeel, affectionately called the Cocopeel Angelfish, as well as the black-edged heraldi angelfish from the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Both Centropyge cocosensis

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Very cool!
 

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So do these "new" angelfish stay as small as a normal Pygmy angel? Around the size of a cherub angelfish?
 

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