Once we get a lock on a relatively poorly known reef fish or coral, our short term infatuation is not over until we’ve thoroughly documented the specimen with great write ups, great photographs, and especially a movie. Our subject today…
LiveAquaria’s Tailless eibli angelfish
The eibli angelfish, Centropyge eibli, is a very common and widespread aquarium fish. You can therefore imagine the disconnect we felt when we saw that LiveAquaria is offering an eibli angelfish for the princely sum of $279, but then we saw…
Centropyge deborae can be a beautiful pygmy angelfish (in the right light)
Centropyge deborae is one of the pygmy angelfish which holds a very special place in our hearts since it was one of the first new species of angelfish that we got to write about before it was described, and thoroughly…
Bicolor flame angelfish might have a touch of the vitiligo
A nice large male solid red flame angelfish with flowing blue-edged fins is quite a sight to behold, we’d say it’s possibly one of the most beautiful reef fish, or at least pygmy angelfish. For some of you nothing will…
Awesome Fish Spotlight: The Armitagei hybrid love child
Apolemichthys is one of seven angelfish genera that are ever popular in the aquarium trade. The genus encompasses some of the age old aquarium favourites such as the flag fin angelfish (A. trimaculatus), bandit angelfish (A. arcuatus) as well as…
Tiny conspicuous angelfish is so small it’s practically post-larval
There’s something so fascinating about seeing pictures of baby marine angelfish, regardless of how dull or bright these tiny fish are, it’s awesome to see the transformation from juvenile to adult. We’re all aware of how dramatically species within the Pomacanthus and Holacanthus can change…
CoralFriend’s newest video shows three of the rarest angelfish together
The video may not be the smoothest, it’s a little shaky and the colors undersaturated but any marine angelfish fan will immediately recognize that this aquarium contains three of the rarest of the rare Pomacanthids. Dr. Chung Wing Hung’s collection…
Ultra rare aquarium video of Centropyge nahackyi
There’s been a veritable parade of new and rare angelfish entering the aquarium hobby as of late, it’s getting a little hard to keep up with it all. Between the Ballina angelfish video, captive bred personatus angelfish, scribbled and hybrid…
Exquisite new video of the Ballina Angelfish at Ball’s Pyramid
Back in April this year, we posted about a video of Chaetodontoplus ballinae swimming in the wild of Ball’s Pyramid. That video has been removed since but fear not, a brand new video with better footage of this illustrious dichromatic…
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…