The circled dragonet is a very unique species of tropical reef fish that has the distinction of being one of the rarest species of this group which is rarely seen by divers, and more seldomly collected in the aquarium hobby. Most marine aquarists will be familiar with the very colorful mandarins and the very interesting scooter ‘blennies’ and dragonets, but in many ways the circled dragonet桥接缝隙在超色和超级伪装的物种之间同步性.
同步性circularis独一无二的图案非常醒目,其侧面和身体的顶部像绿色或斑点的普通话一样,但它具有更柔和的颜色,可以帮助它与底栖式嵌入生物体和珊瑚藻融合在一起。毫无疑问,这种中间模式和颜色非常有效地帮助该鱼类与其环境融为一体,因此潜水员和收藏家在野外很难找到。
The circled dragonet is most often encountered in the Philippines so it’s no surprise that the latest encounter is a collection by Manilla-basedRVS Fishworldwho shared the first aquarium photographs of this fish we’ve seensince 2015! As we can see from the beautiful profile photograph in the header image this specimen of circled dragonet is a female with a small black dorsal fin because like many other同步性the males ofS. circularis他们用来吸引雌性的大型背鳍。
We’re certain that if circled dragonet were as common as theRuby Dragonet他们会以微小的包裹为美丽而迷人的海洋鱼类,但有关其行为,栖息地,隐秘的性质或这些因素的结合,它们使它们成为海洋中最难以捉摸的玛娃娃物种之一。Captive bred green and target mandarins have become quite obtainable in the marine aquarium hobby over the last few years so we can only hope that one day more specimens of circled dragonet will make their way to captive breeding programs so we don’t have to wait half a decade in between sightings.