赫尔夫里奇的火鱼，Nemateleotris helfrichi在菲律宾发现了该物种范围超过1000公里或600英里。最近的发现不仅从鱼类生态学的角度来看很重要，而且还将这种鱼类范围内的菲律宾出口台所覆盖。
The discovery of the Helfrich’s firefish was made about 3500 miles from where Helfrich’s firefish are usually exported to the aquarium trade, in the Marshall Islands, by divers working for RVS Fishworld in Calayan Island, Cagayan at a depth of 30 meters, or just around 100 feet. Despite coming from thousands of miles from the origin of Marshallese helfrich’s firefish, the lone specimen which is chronicled in pictures below looks virtually identical to how we expect Helfrich’s firefish to appear.
应该注意的是“真实的”N. Helfrichi很可能仅来自南太平洋，那里的库克岛标本大得多，总体紫色的脸更大，而我们所谓的赫尔夫里希火鱼是一种不同的物种，尚未正式认可。而且我们已经看到这个故事与exquisite firefish,Nemateleotris exquisita是印度洋西部的另一种紫色火鱼，不到两年前就被描述了。
菲律宾的颜色图案Nemateleotris helfrichilooks perfect, the first dorsal fin and the pelvic fins look a little on the long side but this is normal for certain fish specimens which are presumed to be males of the species. With just one specimen to show for their collecting efforts,RVS Fishworld将不得不提出更多赫尔夫里希（Helfrich）的火鱼样本，以确定该物种是否在菲律宾发现，或者这个完美的小家伙只是一个离家太远的人。
