Panda Banggai cardinalfish is the first captive strain of this iconic reef fish

By on May 18, 2012

panda banggai cardinalfishThe Panda Banggai Cardinalfish is an exciting new strain of Pterapogon kauderni which is a huge achievement for a fish which has captivated the hearts and minds of so many fish lovers. Hailing from a huge operation of banggai cardinalfish aquaculture, the Panda Banggai or the Panda Kauderni features a back half which is almost all black.

panda banggai cardinalfish

From the second stripe to the ends of the caudal peduncle and the tail fin, the skin of the Panda Banggai is dark black, bringing a strong contrast to the Banggai’s brilliant silvery white spots and stripes. There several Panda Banggai cardinalfish which were spotted in a particular batch of captive bred from Indonesia and imported by Tropical Marine Centre. It is still unknown if this is a stable mutation or whether the Panda Banggai will be able to be line bred like other designer clownfish but either way, the development of mostly black Panda Banggai cardinalfish with screaming silvery-white spots would be an incredible sight to see.

panda banggai cardinalfish
panda banggai cardinalfish

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  • http://www.facebook.com/CrystalizedHairs Jason Seymour

    It’s good to see a fish like this being bred in large enough quantities for mutations to possibly pop up.  I wonder if this is a codominant gene at work, like in smokey/chocolate freshwater angelfish.  I guess it could be diet related too, like a lysine deficiency.

  • jake_harvey

    They need to put a couple of those together and get some offspring.  Might not be long before we have all black Starry Cardinals.

  • http://www.facebook.com/christian.morehouse Christian Morehouse

    Large enough quantities, but small enough gene pools

  • http://www.facebook.com/shawn.l.olsen Shawn Lee Olsen

    Regular one looks better.

  • Narwhal72

    Wonder how long before the purist vs. linebred/hybrid debates start heating up in saltwater like they do in cichlids?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QSDPQ6KDZJ64Q25D2NVBTL2YTM wood

    Do they do that with cichlids? Almost every cichlid you see in a pet store is some sort of linebred/hybrid. Really the only ones you see that aren’t are wild caught fish. I worked in a fish store for the past six years and have never heard a debate like this, if anything its quite the contrary with breeders trying to get the best colors out of fish while maintaining the highest quality.

    I think you’re behind the times if you think there hasn’t been a heated discussion about linebred/hyrbids in saltwater fish. Have you never seen a Platinum Picasso clownfish or any other designer clownfish before? Aquarists have been griping about those funky mutations for years now.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3LLNDZ5XJ6ZQ76J2VLDUQD5WOA Micheal

     Gem cardinalfish?  :)

  • Narwhal72

    You’ve never spent time on any of the cichlid forums then.  The hybrid debate is a hot topic that flares up all the time.  And while there are a lot of line bred and hybrid cichlids in the general trade there are far more pure bred fish that are traded between hobbyists or available from specialized online cichlid retailers.

    On the other hand, hybrid marine species are almost glorified on blogs such as this one and command high (if not exorbitant) prices at retail.  Just the opposite with cichlids where the hybrids are the low priced fish and the wild caught or F1 fish command the higher prices.

    The difference is actually quite amusing and puzzling to me.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QSDPQ6KDZJ64Q25D2NVBTL2YTM wood

    marinebreeder.org There you go, since you seem to be keen on forums; that should bring things full circle as far as marine breeding is concerned.

    As far as cichlids, are you going to tell me that more people get excited about a small grey Apistogramma sp. or one that’s been linebred for maximum color? Not to say that I haven’t seen some seriously colored wild caught Peruvian Apistos in my day, but you would be fooling yourself to say that the European bred ones are not some of the highest quality and best colored fish bred.

    Also, most of those African cichlids that you see around have been bred for more intense color. Sure, there’s low quality inbred hybrids that people unintentionally have spawning in their aquariums, but the only debate I’ve ever seen that had to do with cichlids would be with flowerhorns, and that’s a whole other beast in itself.

    Just to clarify, what hybrids are you talking about that command low price, because I don’t recall ever seeing a hybrid go for low price. Wild caught and F1s vary from fish to fish. Obviously a wild caught Yellow Lab is going to go for much more than a tank raised one…

  • Narwhal72

    I am not going to debate this with you.  You are obviously not a cichlid hobbyist and have no idea about the cichlid hobby outside of your shop.

    Visit http://www.cichlid.org and search for topics on hybrids, find out what the CARES program is all about, take a look at some of the websites for specialized cichlid retailers like AmericanCichlids, Atlantis, Dave’s, TangledupinCichlids. It will be eye opening to you.