Joculator Angelfish Captive Bred by Bali Aquarich

Bali Aquarich is never short of surprise new fish they have captive bred but Mr. Su and his team have saved a special announcement with their first ever captive bred joculator angelfish. The joculator angel, Centropyge joculator has been bred before…

A trio of interesting yellow angelfish have been collected in the Philippines

Unique angelfish are one of our favorite topics to write on and today we’re lucky enough to bring to your attention three unique Centropyge pygmy angelfish.  While sometimes it seems like we’ve seen it all, collections in the Philippines by RVS Fishworld continue to…

The vitiligo angelfish, and Centropyge colouration

The dwarf angelfishes of the Genera Centropyge and Paracentropyge are amongst our favorite reef fishes, in part for their fabulous array of colour morphs and hybrids. We’ve always been fascinated by the variety of these aberrant individuals, and seem to…

“Golden Boy” coral beauty angelfish

“Golden Boy” is a stunning example of an aberrant Centropyge bispinosa. This unusual color form was first reported in the mid 1980’s from Pago Pago in American Samoa by two aquarium fish collectors, John Drieberg and Brian Champ. Initially this…

A fresh crop of joculator angelfish come to the U.S. via Global Reef Supply

The joculator angelfish, Centropyge joculator, is one of the rarest pygmy angelfish in the aquarium trade which is actually available, albeit ever so infrequently. It’s been quite a while since some fresh joculators entered the trade and a fresh batch…

Rare xanthic potter’s angelfish captured by Pacific Tropics

This odd-colored Potter’s Angelfish, Centropyge potteri, was recently captured by Pacific Tropics in Hawaii. The Potters Angelfish is one of the Centropyge species which can show a great deal of variability in it’s color pattern, and Dave Kelly was lucky…

Another hybrid pygmy angelfish, what is it?

Another day, another hybrid pygmy angelfish and we still have another one to post for you in a couple days. From the producers of “Tigerpyge“  comes the story of yellow pygmy angelfish which is neither a heraldi, nor a woodhead,…

Rare Fish: Joculator Angelfish, Centropyge joculator

Yey First! The first gratuitous rare fish post of the year is of this darling juvenile joculator angelfish. This species originates from a very small range of islands in the western Indian Ocean called the Cocos-Keeling Islands. This region is…

Cracked out bicolor pigmy angel morph is collected in PNG

The master of rare fish colelcting has done it again. We just received this picture taken by Steve Robinson of a mostly xanthic morph of the bicolor angelfish, Centropyge bicolor, from the hotbed of fish biodiversity of Papua New Guinea.…

Rare and Unusual Orange Centropyge multispinis Photographed in Maldives

One of the most interesting aspects of the beloved angelfish is how often we encounter unusual morphs and aberrations of their typical color pattern, resulting in rare specimens with an appearance that we’ve never seen before. Some species of Centropyge…