🐠 Blue Spotted Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus)
A Dark Blue-Black Body Densely Covered in Powder-Blue Spots • An Orange-Brown Face and a Bright Yellow Tail • A Rare Philippines Endemic
 
📋 The Blue Spotted Angelfish, also known as the Blue-Spangled Angelfish, is a striking marine fish with an orange-brown face and head giving way to a dark dusky-brown to bluish-black body, densely covered in small powder-blue spots, with a bright yellow tail.
It's largely endemic to the reefs of the Philippines, particularly around Cebu Island, uncommon in the trade with limited export. Every Blue Spotted Angelfish we ship is feeding well, and we give it a calm, patient start with an established tank and abundant live rock for grazing to help it settle in confidently.
It's a fish-only species, not reef safe, as it will nip at soft and stony corals as well as clam mantles. It's often shy on introduction, and may be bullied by more assertive tankmates, so thoughtful tankmate selection helps. For the right advanced setup, this is a rare and beautiful long-term centrepiece. It reaches up to 20cm, so plan on at least 470L.
 
💡 Highlights
🔵 Distinctive Blue-Spangled Pattern: Dense powder-blue spots over a dark body with a yellow tail
💎 Rare: Endemic to the Philippines, limited export
⚠️ Not Reef Safe: Will nip at corals and clam mantles
🙈 Shy on Introduction: A calm, patient start helps it settle
👨‍👩‍👧 Protogynous Hermaphrodite: All individuals begin life as females