Unidentified, possibly Parapriacanthus punctulatus, school of pygmy sweepers at KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (D.R. King).
The paper, Preliminary review of the pempherid fish genus Parapriacanthus of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species, is open access so we encourage you to read the paper to get better acquainted with pygmy sweepers. If you’re like us, you may wonder why our hobby doesn’t see more tiny schooling fish like this. Marine aquarists are seriously lacking in good schooling fish options.
Without further ado, here are the five newly described species:
Parapriacanthus darros (Seychelles, Africa)
Photo by J.E. Randall
Parapriacanthus kwazulu (KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa)
Photo by A.D. Connell
Parapriacanthus punctulatus (Mozambique, Africa)
Photo by A. Diringer
Parapriacanthus rahah (Oman)
Photo by J.E. Randall
Parapriacanthus sharm (Red Sea)
Photo by S.V. Bogorodsk
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