这是Digiman的两部分香港旅行体验的延续。在第1部分,我们看了看两个著名的香港礁的集合,即Chung博士和Jimma MA。在这里,我们快速看一下Digiman的发现以及他为回到新加坡的家庭旅行的购买:三种Ultra Lemonpeel Hybrids,就像我们从未见过的那样。
As mentioned in part 1 of this travelogue, Hong Kong is an angelfish mecca and has big buying power for all hybrid and rare angels. Digiman’s presence at the right place and the right time allowed him to buy three beautiful and incredible hybrid lemonpeel angelfish. The first one seen here is a beautiful blue spotted hybrid with a subtle blue face. This Vanuatu caught lemonpeel hybrid from SRS Vanuatu fits the criteria for what the trade colloquially calls “ultra hybrid”.
Normal F1 hybrids betweenC. Flavissima和C. vrolikiwill usually only produce a slightly more yellowish version ofC. vroliki。但是,由于这些杂种是肥沃的,因此它们可以与来自不同世代的更多杂种或与任何一个亲本物种的杂种交配。这种与许多可能性自由杂交的能力创造了许多中间外观,在极少数情况下,疯狂的荒谬美丽的后代和野生表达的蓝色基因可以在整个地方体现出来。
蓝色脸部蓝色斑点旁边的第二个超去皮是一个令人难以置信的标本,整个身体上都有大量涂鸦。这样的超乱码杂种C. Flavissima太罕见了,我们上次回忆起一个是Reborn’s specimenback in 2010. Like the previous blue spotted hybrid, the scribbled lemonpeel has the same spotting around its tail and face region, but possess an extra set of squiggles travelling along its body. Depending on the angle and lighting, these squiggles can appear anywhere from faint to blinding neon. A clever play on the aquarium lighting will allow this fish to shine (quite literally) to its full potential.
A short clip above showing Digiman’s scribbled lemonpeel and the last lemonpeel hybrid that he obtained on his trip – the illustriousTigerpyge。Fellow rare fish enthusiast and a friend of Reef Builders Jimmy Ma presented Digiman with the opportunity of purchasing one of five of his tigerpyges. Trying to create a harem of these beautiful hybrids did not end entirely in his favour and has left the smallest specimen out of the running to live in his display tank. As such, Jimmy offered the piece to Digiman.
虽然所有的Tigerpyges都很漂亮,但某些评分级别确切地决定了它的美丽程度。有些标本更灰色,因为来自C. Eibli, while some have faint stripes. A very yellow specimen with strong striping indicates a well rounded and higher grade hybrid with more desirable characteristics. Of course since these are natural wild hybrids and are rare, no one will complain with whatever they end up getting.
There you have it. An end to Digiman’s adventure to the angelfish mother ship, and a cherry on top for him with his incredible finds. Once again a huge thanks to Digiman and Jimmy Ma, and and a personal thank you for the blue spotted hybrid. Until our next travelogue!