Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus syn., the orange face angelfish from Japan

Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus syn., the orange face angelfish was recently aquired by a Japanese marine aquarium store called Sea Park.  The orange face angelfish usually is usually collected from the waters of Taiwan, but this fish was collected from the ocean…

LiveAquaria’s Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus syn., the orange face angelfish

The orange face angelish, Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus, is a highly elusive ‘species’ of Chaetodontoplus. This elusive fish is only available from Taiwanese reefs and the fish is believed to be a hybrid species perhaps between C. septentrionalis and C. melanosoma. There…