巴厘岛Aquarichis never short of surprise new fish they have captive bred but Mr. Su and his team have saved a special announcement withtheir有史以来第一个圈养的育种joculator kinselfish。Joculator Angel,中央副本Joculatorhas been bred before但是,巴厘岛·阿奎里奇(Bali Aquarich)是第一家可能继续筹集它们并使这种罕见的侏儒蜂蜜犬在水族馆爱好中很容易获得的公司。
If you’re not familiar with the joculator angelfish, don’t you’re not alone because this rare ‘microendemic’ reef fish is only known from Cocos Keeling and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean – the same place where our belovedCocopeel的绑住也发现。从表面上看,如果您将其外观描述给某人,则joculator的绑住或多或少与普通的双色绑住,,,,Centropyge bicolor。
左侧是常见的双色绑住,右侧是非常罕见的Joculator Ganselfish。
Both the ‘Joc’ and bicolor angelfish are双色带有黄色的前半部分和蓝色的后半部分,但是双色天使更黄色,其中Jocs更具金色到浅橙色,两者都用黄色的尾巴修剪。眼睛周围的化妆在这两种物种中也很明显,双色的裙角具有更多的条纹,而joculator则具有更多的浅蓝色眼圈。
双色绑住的绑带在黄色和蓝色之间也具有更明确的界定,而joculators的过渡更加模糊。最后,也许最大的视觉差异是与双色裙角的鳍片相比,Joculator的鳍和面孔更圆。
What is particularly exciting about these captive bred joculator angelfish is that也许,,,,for once the cultured fish have a chance of being price competitive with wild caught specimens. There’s not too much variability in the captive breeding protocols of most pygmy angelfish, some specimens do have much longer larval duration periods, increasing cost and reducing survival.
我们在日本蓝港(Blue Harbour)的朋友们提供的一系列狂野的Joculator Anselfish,价格从680美元到800美元不等。
根据物种的不同,圈养的侏儒!在巴厘岛Aquarich的Joculator育种计划中,现在还为时过早,无法知道这些价格将如何定价 - 最初的标本肯定会获得新颖的溢价。
But if Mr. Su and his team manage to raise joculator angelfish in good quantities, it’s entirely reasonable that they could undercut the price of wild中央副本Joculator,使人们可以为更广泛的盐水水族馆观众民主化这种罕见和不寻常的物种。