When it comes to aberrant fishes, it’s always a hit and miss with each individual person when it comes to beauty. What may appear to be extraordinarily beautiful, may appear hideous to another. The above coral beauty (Centropyge bispinosa) that…
Cebuan rarities band together for one exciting shipment
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QUbqPbcDxQ[/youtube] A large shipment of cool reef critters was recently imported to Singapore which included a menageries of rare reef fish and a wunderpus. The above video of the Wunderpus clearly shows the amazing colour and banding patterns associated with 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…
Centropyge madness hits several Japanese LFS
The local fish stores of Japan are once again in the spotlight as they chaperon a new batch of very unusual Centropyge pygmy angelfish. The fish shown above is a very unusual dwarf angel brought in by B-Box Japan. We’re…
Unique hybrid halfblack angelfish looks like a pygmy kingi
the Eibli’s dwarf angelfish, is a common dwarf angelfish hailing from the Indo-Pacific. It is well known in the trade as a common fish, but even more well known for its abilities to produce magnificent hybrids. The fish is promiscuous…
Centropyge deborae: Fiji blue midnight angelfish to be described as a separate species
The Fiji blue midnight angelfish that is only currently known from deep reef pinnacles in Fiji will soon be described as a new species, Centropyge deborae. The Fiji blue midnight angelfish was long believed to be a local variant of…
Yellow face coral beauty angelfish imported from Cebu by Aqua Terra Distributors
As far as unusually colored reef fish go, this yellow faced coral beauty is definitely an eye catching specimen. Captured in Cebu, the yellow face Coral Beauty angelfish is a larger specimen which doesn’t appear to be a hybrid with…
Hybrid clarion x passer, cyclops lemonpeel and aberrant bicolor angelfish
In the past week a slew of unusual angelfish were collected all around the world. The hybrid passer, cyclops lemonpeel and aberrant bicolor angelfishes were all but eclipsed by the bombshell news of the sensational blackspot pygmy angelfish, Centropyge nigriocella.…
Blackspot pygmy angelfish video from B-Box Aquarium is probably the world’s first
Last week we brought you sensational never before seen new pictures of a live blackspot pygmy angelfish and this week B-Box Aquarium has the honors. After leaving Reef Solutions Vanuatu who originally collected the fish, B-Box Aquarium purchased this fish…
Centropyge nigriocella, amazing new pictures of the cryptic blackspot pygmy angelfish
Huge thanks to Reef Solutions Vanuatu for sharing the pictures of a very rare, cryptic pygmy angelfish The blackspot pygmy angelfish, Centropyge nigrocella, is a fish so cryptic and rare that it is not even discussed among rare fish fanciers.…
