Centropyge venusta, the purplemask angelfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae, It is found in the Western Pacific and is occasionally found the aquarium trade.

[1] It is a shy and unapproachable species of caves and overhangs, where it is typically encountered as solitary individuals oriented upside down on the roofs.

[5] Centropyge venusta was first formally described as Holocanthus venustus in 1969 by the Japanese ichthyologists Fujio Yasuda and Yoshiaki Tominaga with the type locality given as Izu Ōshima in Sagami Bay.

Some authorities place this species in the subgenus Paracentropyge, which is sometimes treated as a valid genus.

[7][5] Centropyge venusta is rare in the aquarium trade[1] and commands high prices when it does become available.