| Citation | Shen, K.-N., C.-W. Chang, E. Delrieu-Trottin and P. Borsa, 2016, Lemonpeel (Centropyge flavissima) and yellow (C. heraldi) pygmy angelfishes each consist of two geographically isolated sibling species.. Mar. Biodiv. |
| Ref. | Shen, K.-N., C.-W. Chang, E. Delrieu-Trottin and P. Borsa, 2016 |
| Page | [5] |
| Named Used as Valid | Centropyge flavissima |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Western Central Pacific. |
| Quote | Substantial genetic differences between Indian and Pacific C. flavissima populations at the nuclear ETS-2 intron locus. The Indian Ocean form of C. flavissima, thus geographically isolated by >2000 km distance from its Pacific Ocean counterpart, is described as a new species, Centropyge cocosensis. |