Chaetodontoplus vanderloosi is one of the newest and least known species of velvet angelfishes. Known only from Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea, Chaetodontoplus vanderloosi ranks right up there with Chaetodontoplus niger in terms of elusiveness, and its nearly all…
This is the best photo of Chaetodontoplus niger to date
For a fish that gets as big as a football, it’s a mystery why the black angelfish, Chaetodontoplus niger is scarcely ever seen much larger than a juvenile fish in size and color. We know that large adult C. niger are…
Captive raised maze angels land at Quality Marine
The maze angelfish, Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus, is one of the elusive species of large marine angels that we’ve been particularly obsessed with for quite sometime. To make up for practically never seeing any specimens in the country, we’ve frequently shared amazing…
Bali Aquarich teases first captive bred maze angelfish – updated
While much of the marine aquarium world was recuperating from MACNA 2013, Wen-Ping Su shared the latest news out of Bali Aquarich. The official BING translation of the caption for this photo reads “24 days Maze Angelfish, has already passed…
The illusionary Chaetodontoplus niger photographed again in waters of Japan
Chaetodontoplus niger is the phantom of the angelfish world, being predominantly colored an inky black; sans the yellow and white caudal and ventral fins respectively. This fish is very elusive and rare, and is almost never seen, or photographed until last…
The Maze Angelfish like you’ve never seen it before
The title of this post is a little bit of a misnomer because in all likelihood, you’ve never seen any maze angelfish, let alone any that look like this. Hailing from Taiwan, for some reason the maze angelfish are almost never seen…
BlueHarbor’s 2012 calendar features a captive Chaetodontoplus niger for the month of April
The month of April this year has commenced with this calendar photo of what appears to be Chaetodontoplus niger in captivity. This extremely reclusive and enigmatic fish has recently caught a break and appeared on various videos and pictures, but…
Another video of Chaetodontoplus niger shot in Japan is a remarkable coincidence
Remember that really cool juvenile Chaetodontoplus niger we posted about the last time, and the video on the same individual shortly after? What we did not know was that another video of C. niger taken in the Kashiwa Island of Japan…
Chaetodontoplus niger shows up on youtube
One of the rarest of all marine angelfish, Chaetodontoplus niger, was filmed by Japanese divers off of Kashiwajima, Kochi at 33-meters, and posted on youtube. The contrast of white and yellow fins along an all black body is quite stunning on…
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…
