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Yey First! The first gratuitous rare fish post of the year is of this darling juvenile joculator angelfish. This species originates from a very small range of islands in the western Indian Ocean called the Cocos-Keeling Islands. This region is “off the beaten path” and therefore the fish commands a high price because special arrangements must be made to visit and collect it in it’s native range. The juveniles of this and many other Centropyge species sport a dosal spot called and ocellus which fades with age and maturity. Don’t expect to see this one at your LFS though, only a handful of specimens are imported each year and they command prices north of $700. We’ll post our video of Dr. Joshi’s pair spawning soon. The first person to comment that this fish looks like a bicolor angel will forever be branded as a n00b. Thanks to Greenwich Aquaria for letting us deluge this specimen with our camera flash.
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That fish there looks like it’s flirting with me! Very sexy looking angle! with the price tag to boot! I will have 1 for christmas!
Now would that be Christmas 2008 or 2009?
Would have been nice to read this story in my reader……what brought about that change?
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[...] Eastern Indian Ocean are a very special place for reef fish. The islands are home to the endemic joculator angelfish and they have become recognized as containing the highest diversity of reef fish hybrids. [...]
[...] the male and female joculator and the courtship that both fish engage in to get the deed done. The Joculator angelfish is a rarity among rarities and seeing this spawning pair with the prospect of getting some tiny [...]