When I traveled from Sydney to Cairns to visit Cairns Marine, I knew I’d be treated to see some very neat rare fish, and some juicy corals. But as luck would have it, the fish collecting crew brought in something very unexpected while I was there, and this fish is still haunting my dreams.
我说的是这个疯狂的美丽的白色双色裙角,这是一个异常的畸变中央双色that I’ve seen in pictures, but never in real life. This specimen of a pygmy angelfish was incredibly striking because I’ve seen countless Bicolor angels in aquariums and on the reef, and when your mind develops a a search image for a particular fish, it’s quite striking to see a deviation.
身体的前半部分是灿烂的鲜明的白色,令人惊讶的是,眼睛下方还有一片黄色。不寻常的是,尾巴不是白色的,而是近黑色,外边缘的边缘清晰。但是,真正使这条鱼感到奇怪的是,这不是小小的小鱼,而是一个大型的艳丽标本,它是健康和颜色的质量。
As I wrapped up the photo shoot for the white bicolor angelfish, Ialmostput it in back in its holding tank before snapping some pics of it next to a conventional bicolor angelfish. Ad I’m really glad I did too because in the side-by-side photos it’s much easier to appreciate how special this fish is, with the blue rear half and eyestripe identical in both fish, with just a different choice of wardrobe for its front half.
最近有这条鱼的视频片段video tour of the Cairns Marine facility巡回演出,第1部分着重于鱼,第2部分即将推出,很快就会着重于珊瑚。但是,我也在整个澳大利亚旅行中都在工作重点卷轴,因此请务必订阅to our channel as you won’t want to miss that motherlode of video eye candy when it is released.