This is one very attractive and unusual Izu hogfish which has us quite stumped about its origin. The image below is the first look we got of this particular specimen showing a near perfect blend of the color pattern of a candy hogfish and an Izu hogfish,Bodianus bimaculatusandB. izuensis。
糖果鱼是一种常见的水族馆鱼，但Izu Hogfish实际上在亚洲水族馆市场以外很少见。因此，看到一种具有不寻常颜色图案的Izu Hogfish确实引起了我们的注意，因为这条鱼最常见的是在白色的身体上显示三个锯齿形黑色条纹，并以红栗色接壤，淡入脸上的深红色。
这种特殊的“混合”杂种鱼是由印度尼西亚爪哇的Russo’s Reefand it was delivered to the Elos AquaStudio in New Jersey where these follow up pictures are from. Now as we mentioned, the Izu hogfish is more common around Asian aquarium markets because the Izu hogfish is primarily found in the northwest pacific Ocean from the Philippines to Japan but it also ranges to Indonesia and Australia.
因此，如果这条特定的鱼确实来自Java，这将代表该物种范围的极端。物种范围的边缘是它们变得越来越少并进一步传播，从而更有可能与另一个密切相关的物种发生杂交，从而导致杂交标本。
Hybrids of hogfish have not been documented to our knowledge, making this specimen the only such suspected hybrid fish in the genusBodianus我们曾经遇到过的。即使它在这种不寻常的Izu Hogfish中定居下来，它仍会与Izu Hogfish和Candy Hog完美融合，脸部的粉红色更为明显，尾巴上更鲜艳的黄色颜色。这个标本甚至在尾巴上有黑点的痕迹，正是我们期望在糖果鱼中看到的标本。
哦，但是情节变厚了，因为另一个Izu Hogfish的标本与所谓的混合动力车一起运输，上面是LiveAquaria，它还显示了一种非典型色彩Bodianusizuensis总体上，该物种的横向条纹和泥泞的色彩较少。在研究更多印尼语的例子的同时Bodianusizuensiswe discovered that the species does trend towards this less defined color pattern at the western end of its range but these two individuals from Java are more extreme in this regard.
这两种hog鱼的起源是值得注意的，因为Java离地理不远hotspot of hybridization in marine fish在印度洋东部已经确定了这一点。我们关于这种混合Izu Hogfish的最终结论是，它代表了实际的混合人群Bodianusizuensis和B. bimaculatus与我们看到的Rusty Flame angelfish hybridswhich outnumber their flame angelfish parents in the Northern Philippines, and regions of the south Pacific where black-tailed lemonpeels completely displace pure-blooded中央副本黄米斯。
没有办法证实这个理论没有创etic analysis but whatever the case, this is one sexy and storied hogfish which looks beautiful and different from anything we’ve seen before. Huge thanks to Ryan Grieder for providing a great photo spread of this eye-catching Izu Hogfish chilling atElos Aquastudio这个小家伙还在放松身心，等待一个不错的水族馆打电话回家。
