属中的普通话和踏板车Synchiropus是水族馆爱好中最讨人喜欢和最重要的最爱之一。普通话特别丰富多彩，他们的爬行像行为以及它们的非正统外观使我们说的是最可爱的鱼类。尽管他们的困难和不愿喂食而闻名，但近年来，这些玛瑙已经看到了诸如成功的有前途的冒险captive breeding努力ora, withS. Picturatusattaining an average of 90-98% survival rate per batch.
Of the four species of “mandarins” within theSynchiropus属，仅S. splendidusandS. Picturatusare easily available.Synchiropus occidentalis来自西澳大利亚州极为稀有和昂贵，在短暂露面之后，又消失了，没有太多的痕迹。另一个“普通话”是Synchiropus circularis，喜欢S. Occidentalis，在交易中很少遇到。尽管可以在菲律宾找到它们，但它们的神秘和静音的色彩及其不确定的范围可保护它们免受许多收藏的影响。S. circularis它的外观也很独特，看起来像普通话和踏板车之间的中间人。
照片和信息S. circularis很少，那里的少数图片是由日本潜水员敬业的。但是，有趣的是，这些图像显示S. circularisengaging in spawning activities withS. splendidus在菲律宾阿尼拉的珊瑚头上。我们与ORA的Dustin Dorton有关，以针对Synchiropus. According to Dustin, they have hadS. splendidus产卵S. Picturatus，但是卵是不可行的，在第四个细胞分裂之后发育停止了。
基于S. splendidusXS. Picturatus，很有可能S. splendidusXS. circulariswould also result in sterile eggs. It is also noteworthy that no hybrid mandarin fishes have ever been documented, as far as we know. Despite the odds stacked up against these two species, it seems as though they are deliberately spawning together. There are many of such photos and it does not seem to be a one off coincidental occurrence.
发生种间杂交的情况并不少见。但是，在这种情况下，通常必须非常罕见，而找到同一物种的伴侣的困难会使它与另一个物种的产卵相似。有很多例子，一个众所周知的涉及中央副本的FerrugataandC. loriculain the Philippines. At that location,C. loricula非常罕见，而密切相关C. ferrugatais abundant. This forcesC. loriculato hybridise withC. ferrugata如果很难找到类似的伴侣。中心多色in Philippines faces the same problem, and have been known to hybridise withC. ferrugata也C. Bispinosain that area.
我们不知道丰富S. circularisandS. splendidusin their overlapping range, but based on photos and videos it would seem that neither species are rare, or rare enough to warrant frequent interspecific pairing. In the photo above a regular spawning accent between two sexes of the same species (S. circularis) takes place above a head ofporites. The prevalence of many spawning pairs should indicate a roughly healthy and abundant population.
因此，似乎很奇怪，为什么在产卵仪式期间，两个既不是罕见也不可行的物种都会有意聚在一起。在上面的 *第三张照片中，您会看到一对S. circularis在产卵中，口音被侵入S. splendidus导致三人组。
What’s also interesting is that there appears to be two colour forms ofS. circularis. A duller more brownish form and another with a more reddish hue.S. splendidusalso occurs in two colour forms, a red and a blue form. Dustin from ORA shared with us that in pairs of red x red mandarins, the resulting offspring would all consist of red babies, while pairs of blue x blue would result in offspring consisting 100% of blue babies. Interestingly, red x blue or blue x red pairs yield the same “hybrid” offspring, with traits of both colour forms. Although some may be difficult to distinguish from a regular blue mandarin fish, some have apparent red streaks showing up on an otherwise blue pelvic fin.
由于缺乏摄影文档和缺乏育种证据S. circularis, it is unknown whether the two colour forms are breeding, or if they are indeed distinct colour forms in the first place. What we do know is that despite having enough mates around to choose from, these two species are more often than not seen spawning together. Due to the lack of evidence suggesting successful crossing, and also with ORA’s experience with regards toS. splendidusXS. Picturatus，杂种可能不可行。
Regardless, it is nice just to ponder over nature’s many fanciful ideas. The video below shows a pair ofS. splendidusand a pair ofS. circularis, spawning right at the same time. At the thirteen second mark, both pairs of species make their ascent as the exact same time. Now that’s cool, even if no interspecific hanky panky was involved.
