ORA宣布其黑色Cardinfalfish的消息可能使2013年成为红雀鱼一年。Banggai Rescue定于出版，David Watson在2013年海洋繁殖者的研讨会上展示了“ Cardinal鱼类繁殖”，本月我们两次都在开展有关非邦吉红石鱼的新商业生产的故事。
These species are much more difficult species to spawn and rear than the ill-named “Guppy of the marine aquarium”. ORA’s latest announcement brings the velvety black gem to market as a captive-bred fish for the first time with ORA’s introduction ofapogonichthyoidesmelas(one of the many cardinalfish formerly lumped into the genusApogon).
在过去的几年中，该物种的最新出口来自巴布亚新几内亚和其他地区的其他地区。尽管有着相当忧郁的颜色，但黑色红衣主鱼的前景将自由上学并偏离典型的水族馆美学，着迷于一些水族馆。尽管您可能熟悉该物种的成人色彩，但Ora对少年转化的描述揭示了一种非常有趣的色彩变化，这是该物种生活史的一部分，这可能是以前未知的。
“Juvenile Black Cardinalfish exhibit a white, almost translucent posterior half with a pitch black anterior half. As they mature the white color recedes to only the unpaired fins. Finally as mature adults, they lose any trace of white color and range from dark mocha to pitch black depending on their mood. This species also exhibits ocelli or eyespots at the base of the second dorsal and anal fins.”
Check outORA的博客for more on their latest addition to the captive bred scoreboard. All told, the totality of known captive-bred Cardinalfish species now includesApogon compressus,A.氰基瘤，A. margaritophorus, Apogonichthyoides melas,Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus,Pterapogon kauderni, QuinciaMirifica，Sphaeramia nematoptera，andZoramia leptacantha。With potentially dozens of additional cardinalfish species occasionally available on the market, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the intrepid hobbyist to learn from these successes and claim a first of their own. We’re aware of at least one other possible species that narrowly missed being added to this list…so with 10+ months left to go, who knows what other cardinalfish breeding may occur.
