The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of an erythrophore cell. Erythrophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain pteridine and/or carotenoid pigments in structures called pterinosomes or erythrosomes. This gives them an orange to red appearance.
iridophore differentiation +
leucophore differentiation +
melanocyte differentiation +
negative regulation of pigment cell differentiation +
pigment cell development
pigment granule maturation +
positive regulation of pigment cell differentiation +