对于稀有的神仙鱼新闻来说,这是不可思议的几周优质海洋刚从库克群岛收到。你们中的那些最新的鱼类地理学可能还记得,这群南太平洋岛屿是一些最奇特,最稀有的热带礁鱼的家园。
在首次发现薄荷薄荷的深处,也有麻醉性人的绑住,还有各种各样的疯狂美丽,这尤其如此Plectranthias,Ventralis anthias,野外yellow mystery wrasse, and yet其他virtually unknown angelfish,Genicanthus spinus。It’s still a little hard to believe but not only did Quality Marine receive a sampling of some of these fish including the holiest of holy grails, the peppermint angelfish, but they also acquired the only living specimen of the Pitcairn angelfish known for the last two decades.
众所周知,薄荷夹夹在极深的水中生活,通常在350至450英尺的深水中,栖息地深色又昏暗。在这种环境中,没有红灯可以显示近神话的同名红色条paracentropyge boylei。A fish this rare and this beautiful is out of reach for all but the most affluent of rare fish collectors, or public aquariums with strong ties to a trained team of rebreather divers but with all of the pygmy angelfish breeding that’s been happening lately, it’s hopefully only a matter of time until the peppermint angelfish of experienced Pomacanthid breeders.
There’s no fish that can question the peppermint angelfish’s title for ‘most exotic fish’ ever but since it is such a high profile species,paracentropyge boylei获得的播放时间超过了公平的份额。关于高质量海军陆战队最近进口的更大的“新颖性”是最近记忆中的第一个皮特凯恩的嘉宾。
Genicanthus spinusis a true endemic of the South Pacific Ocean and gets its common name of Pitcairn Angelfish from the super remote tiny group of islands where they were first discovered and collected. A couple of years ago we got our first good look atGenicanthus spinusRich Pyle&Co。博士在库克群岛的深入潜水中拍摄,这是Pitcairn Anselfish第一次在视频中记录下来。
虽然这个单身女性大多没有任何模式,但其幽灵般的蓝白色素使其具有神秘的外观,并带有毫无意义的激进模式。所有的燕尾绑住了Genicanthus属是性二分法的,他们从女性开始生活。
A single male swallowtail angelfish leads a harem of lesser-colored females and if something happens to the male, the largest female will quickly transition to male coloration, size, and behavior. It is expected, or at least hoped, that Quality Marine’s historic first Pitcairn Angelfish specimen will be provided with the environmental cues and triggers to stimulate the sex change to a male specimen, mostly by housing it with other smaller, similar species ofGenicanthus.
薄荷和皮特犬的衣的稀有性和成本将确保这些非常稀有的鱼只能掌握在非常有能力且有能力的盐水水族馆的手中。库克群岛在稀有鱼类的候选人的集合中拥有一个非常特殊的位置,因此看到优质海洋继续投资于这个独特的南太平洋地区,这真是令人兴奋,我们迫不及待地想看看他们接下来会带来什么。