WoRMS taxon details
Centropyge multicolor Randall & Wass, 1974
278842 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278842)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Randall, J. E.; Wass, R. C. (1974). Two new pomacanthid fishes of the genus Centropyge from Oceania. <em>Japanese Journal of Ichthyology.</em> 21 (3): 137-144. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Centropyge multicolor Randall & Wass, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278842 on 2025-06-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Randall, J. E.; Wass, R. C. (1974). Two new pomacanthid fishes of the genus Centropyge from Oceania. <em>Japanese Journal of Ichthyology.</em> 21 (3): 137-144. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centropyge multicolor)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Centropyge multicolor, by Tanaka, H.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centropyge multicolor FIN032008 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centropyge multicolor USNM 212152 paratype radiograph)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Centropyge multicolor)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Centropyge multicolor, by Tanaka, H.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centropyge multicolor FIN032008 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Centropyge multicolor USNM 212152 paratype radiograph)
To ITIS
