Featured here are two of the aquarium world’s rarest species of marine angelfishes; the peppermint angelfish, Paracentropyge boylei and the tiger angelfish, Apolemichtys kingi. Both of these two demi-gods of reef life have been thoroughly featured on Reef Builders throughout the years but this…
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Juvenile tiger angelfish lands at DeJong Marinelife, will be displayed at InterZoo
DeJong Marinelife has just teased the world with a sneaker picture of a tiny little tiger angelfish, the gem of a rare angelfish that only comes from South Africa. We’ve learned that this particular tyke of an Apolemichthys kingi was collected…
BlueHarbor’s current inventory is brimming with the rarest reef fish
From the Southern Pacific to Curacao to Hawaii and homeland Japan, BlueHarbor never looked so amazing this week with what could be the most intense collection of fish ever at any one time. Just when we think the man in…
Face-to-face with the hyper rare tiger angelfish in nature and the aquarium
Any of the rare fish fanciers out there who’ve kept up with some of my writings know that I have a sort of infatuation with South Africa’s endemic tiger angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi. So, when I got the invitation to come to…
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Rainfordia opercularis is THE reef fish of the year 2011
Like we did for the most exciting breakthrough aquarium fish of the year 2011, we’re going to recap some of the most memorable and amazing fish that we’ve seen this year. We have seen some pretty amazing ground breaking collections…
Tiger angelfish hybrid redefines the rarest of the rare reef fish
The tiger angelfish is so rare that it is hardly ever seen even in South Africa, so earlier this year we were tickled to be able to share with you a video of tiger angelfish acclimated and doing well in…
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April 3rd – 10th Live fish keyring, tattooed fish and preserved fish ‘art’ are really, really tacky Sharks Taught to Hunt Alien Lionfish Captive Bred Yellow Tangs? Not quite yet… More details on the Neptune Systems Apex Jr Ecotech Coral…
Tiger Angelfish
Apolemichthys kingi. Tiger Angelfish. Poisson-ange tigre. Tiger Kaiserfische. Tigre pez ángel. Tiger maanvissen. Tigre peixe-anjo. Taiga enjerufisshu. No matter what you call it, there’s no denying the unbelievable beauty of the Tiger Angelfish. [youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn9SZR-vnpo[/youtube]
