Butterflyfish are some of the most iconic species of reef fish, it’s always a nice treat to see unusual species, and hybrids ofChaetodon. Today we have an example of both, a hybrid of the rarely seenChaetodon wiebelii butterflyfish.
This specimen in particular comes to us from Mr. Ye of Panchiaohai World Aquarium in Taiwan who shared with us this incredible spread of pictures. Also known as the Panda Butterflyfish,Chaetodon wiebeliis found primarily from the waters of China and Taiwan, far from regular collecting areas for the aquarium hobby.
We’vereported on the Panda butterflyfishbefore, but interestingly this is not the firstc . wiebelihybrid that we’ve documented. This fish appears to be a clear cross of the Panda butterflyfish and the raccoon butterflyfish, however it looks very different from another fish that we’d labeled as ahybrid offspring of these two species.
