Hybrids Like most pomacanthids, a fair bit of interspecies intermingling takes place in Apolemichthys, with the Flagfin Angelfish being especially adulterous. Longtime ichthyophiles will be familiar with the famed Armitage Angelfish—a wallet-emptying abomination whose price and rarity far [...]
The Flagfin, Goldflake and Tiger Angelfishes A. trimaculatus, xanthopunctatus & kingiThis pomacanthid triumvirate ranges widely in cost and availability, from the cheap and common trimaculatus, to the extraordinarily rare and punitively pricey kingi. The Goldflake Angelfish finds itself as the [...]
The Yellow-ear, Yellowtail and Griffis’ Angelfishes A. xanthotis, xanthurus & griffisi These three species form a clear and cohesive group that can be diagnosed by: 1) The mostly-black Chaetodontoplus-like patterning of juveniles. 2) The darkening of the face (though this is reduced to a [...]
Among the marine angelfishes, the handful of species classified in Apolemichthys represent some of the more underappreciated members of their family available to the home aquarist. Despite their being hearty, attractive and oftentimes highly affordable, these fishes are often thought of as [...]
Japanese Angelfish Centropyge interrupta ( Japanese angelfish ) Videotaped at Midway Island in August 1999, depth 83′. Habitat shots (Porites compressa bed) followed by shots of adult C. interrupta | FishBase link: http://www.fishbase.us/summary/Centropyge-interrupta.html | Uploaded by: Bruce [...]