普通话鳄鱼蛤是特定的Tridacna croceawith a psychedelic pattern that is reminiscent of thepopular aquarium fish。许多巨型蛤种类都可以具有真正的野色和图案,但是“普通话”图案是只能以最好的最好的方式识别的图案T.鳄鱼。
I’ve seen these in the wild often enough, usually in exceptionally shallow water where these bivalves are exposed to the full intensity of tropical sunlight. From Papua New Guinea to Flores, Komodo to Palau, the Mandarin crocea clams are really distinct – usually with with some degree of tricolor and large teardrops.
These teardrops are completely different from the very consistent pattern ofTridacna noae, and often are bright blue and surrounded by an area of gold, light brown or slightly red areas, while the rest of the mantle is adorned in metallic blue spots. While I’ve spotted this strain often enough in the wild, due to the ‘unreliability’ of giant clam genetics they are very rarely offered to the aquarium hobby.
But my fortunes took a strong turn for the better when I visitedBiota Aquariumsjust around a month ago. While they make up only a small part of Biota’s cultured livestock inventory, the vat of Palau giant clams I saw there really put me under a spell. That’s because there was a small group of uber-select Mandarin crocea clams and I knew I had to have some as soon as I saw them.
有趣的是我een some of these during my visit to the legendaryPalau Clam Farm它在今年的第一批旅行视频之一中出现。这是一个令人难以置信的机会,可以从这个标志性的设施中重新居住这五岁的F1育种者普通话咖啡豆蛤,现在每次看我的礁石坦克时,我都可以享受它们。