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species likescoolerconditionstoo.
Just as sensational are the various hybrids
shownhere.All these fishesoriginate fromde
JongMarinelife inHolland.The chances of a
youngpygmy angelfish surviving in thewild
are infinitely small. Inadditionhybridmatings
take place only very rarely. So it is quite
astonishing that any of these fishes reach
adulthood at all.Anyonemaintaining such a
fish can be pretty sure that they have
somethingunique intheiraquarium.
Anampsesfemininus
This gorgeous wrasse, which can grow to
around25cm long,occurs fromAustraliaand
NewCaledonia to Easter Island.Here too the
Centropyge interrupta
Centropyge
-Hybrids
Anampses femininus
very rarely and in small numbers. It is
important that if possible the temperature in
the aquarium shouldn't exceed 22 °C in the
longterm,asthisspeciescomes fromthesub-
tropics!Maximum length isaround20cm.
Centropyge interrupta
and
Centropyge
hybrids
Pygmy angelfishes are ideal aquarium fishes
that often spawn in theaquarium.Unlike the
large angelfishes they generally leave corals
alone,astheyareadaptedtofeedonplankton.
The Japanese Pygmy Angelfish,
Centropyge
interrupta,
comes from Japan and the north-
westernHawaiian Islands.The species grows
ratherlargefora"pygmy"angelfish,specifically
15cm.Large individualsarealwaysmales.This
Spectacled Angelfish applies equally to the
Clarion Angelfish,
Holacanthus clarionensis:
it
has a restricted, out-of-the-way distribution
(eastern Central Pacific: southern tip of Baja
California,Mexico;plusClarionandtheRevilla-
gigedogrouponthewestcoastofMexico,and
Clipperton Island) andhence reachesusonly
