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Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus syn., the orange face angelfish was recently aquired by a Japanese marine aquarium store called Sea Park.  The orange face angelfish usually is usually collected from the waters of Taiwan, but this fish was collected from the ocean between Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island, called Bungo Channel at the depth of 20 -25m(65-82 [...]

The orange face angelish, Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus, is a highly elusive ’species’ of Chaetodontoplus. This elusive fish is only available from Taiwanese reefs and the fish is believed to be a hybrid species perhaps between C. septentrionalis and C. melanosoma. There is a lot of variability in the appearance of this species yet this specimens sports [...]