Aberrant fish show up occasionally from time to time and it’s always a game of roulette as to what form they will take.假果are not exclusively spared from such afflictions, although it’s not everyday we come across a unique individual with an off-coloured scheme. Not too long ago we reported on afully yellow xanthic individualof thediademacomplex, which was stunning in its own right.
Perhaps the most problematic issue when examining aberrant or abnormally coloured fish is getting the identification down to species level. Often the aberration is so severe that the entire coloration is distorted beyond recognition making identification impossible, especially if the fish lacks any charismatic morphological features. The dottyback above with the “leucoxanthic – white/yellow” pattern is one such example,
At first look we thought this might be an abnormal假果fuscus和快速查阅dottyback authority Dr. Anthony Gill yielded the same consensus. He suggested that假果tonozukaimay also be a potential candidate. However without physical examination or at least a fin clip, any answer is more or less guess work. A new undescribed species is unlikely, although not impossible.
What we do know is that this fish came from Indonesia along with the likes ofGenicanthus caudovittatus，后者的存在表明鱼是从爪哇或苏门答腊地区收集的，太平洋和印度洋种类融合了。非常感谢Ihsan Aditya提供的照片和信息，我们期待着对这种不寻常的假果粒的更多发展。
