Eibl's Angelfish

Centropyge eibli is primarily greyish in colour and has thin, vertical wavy bars in rust along its flanks. Its eye is surrounded by an orange ring. The caudal peduncle and the caudal fin are black, with the rear margin of the caudal fin being bright blue. This pattern is similar to that of the juveniles of the Indian Ocean Mimic Surgeonfish Acanthurus tristis. These surgeonfish mimic the small, agile angelfish to deter predators. The dorsal fin contains 14 spines and 15-17 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 17-18 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in).

Centropyge eibli is found in the eastern Indian Ocean from the Maldives and Sri Lanka to north-western Australia, and in Indonesia east as far as Flores. In Australian waters it has been recorded from Christmas Island, Ningaloo Reef, Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef in Western Australia and Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea.