Researchers have documented new records of marine fish pigmentation abnormalities, including an albino-melanistic fish, the first record of a leucistic Great Hammerhead Shark, the first record of leucistic Almaco Jacks, and the first melanistic Giant Manta ray in the North…
Rare White Albino Stingray Spotted in Victoria, Australia
A very rare albino stingray with a nearly all white color has been spotted off the southern coast of Australia. As far as aberrant ‘fish’ go, albino marine fish, let alone elasmobranchs including sharks and rays, are about as close…
Ghostly white triggerfish could be rarer than albino mutation
The Ghostly White triggerfish currently listed on Just Rare Fish is truly one of a kind, but also greatly over valued. Having been in captivity for four months, this beautiful white-bodied triggerfish has retained a bold coloration that is even…
Some analysis of the ‘albino’ ocellaris clownfish from Proaquatix
As ReefBuilder’s resident “Captive Breeding Guy”, I couldn’t help but weigh in on the new strain of Ocellaris that debuted from Proaquatix at MACNA over the weekend. A few opinions of what these fish could represent have been floated, with…
New Tangerine Ocellaris clownfish from Proaquatix is hypo-melanistic, almost an albino
Albino clownfish may be currently limited to South Africa but in the meantime, Proaquatix’s Tangerine Ocellaris clownfish is getting pretty close. With red eyes, bright orange body and almost completely devoid of black, the tangerine clownfish appears to be hypo-melanistic,…
The Mysterious Albino Dottyback, Pseudochromis sankeyi “Albino”
Dr. Matthew L. Wittenrich discussed a very interesting fish at the recent MBI Marine Breeder’s Workshop – an Albino form of Pseudochromis sankeyi, produced by Dutch marine fish breeder Robert Brons of Brons Mariculture. While Wittenrich stated that this variation…
Albino stingray photographed in the channel islands near the UK
An extremely rare albino stingray was found and caught in the Caribbean the channel islands near the UK and thankfully, the albino elasmobranch made its way to a local public aquarium where it can be viewed by the public. Following…
Albino bamboo cat sharks spotted at the Denver Downtown Aquarium
There are two albino sharks swimming leisurely in a large shore bird exhibit at the Denver Downtown Aquarium Albinism is extremely rare in marine life and one of the last animals we’d expect to lose the melanistic gene is an…
US imports of Albino Clownfish delayed by bureaucracy
In August, 2010, we reported that Proaquatix would be the worldwide distributor for Marcel Triessl’s Albino Ocellaris Clownfish. Designer Clownfish enthusiasts were salivating and hoping for a short wait. Sadly, governmental regulations in South Africa have been holding up the…
Ghost Tang at World Wide Corals is a white-colored yellow tang treasure
We’ve heard of white yellow tangs being spotted in the wild before but this is the first we’ve seen of a completely ghost white yellow tang being captured for the aquarium trade. World Wide Corals just received an all white…
