Aberrant(?) Shepardi (??) dwarf angelfih

[Jun Cortez]

Hi guys. What do you think, is this an aberrant form of a shepardi angelfish?

Note the vertical bar markings are completely absent on this fish.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Hi guys. What do you think, is this an aberrant form of a shepardi angelfish?

Note the vertical bar markings are completely absent on this fish.

Possibly, or an aberrant flame, or a hybrid. Do you know where it was collected?

 

[Jun Cortez]

Well, I am from the Philippines and I got the fish from a local supplier. I selected it from a batch of locally collected shepardi angels ( or rusty/ flame hybrids).

 

[eatbreakfast]

Well, I am from the Philippines and I got the fish from a local supplier. I selected it from a batch of locally collected shepardi angels ( or rusty/ flame hybrids).

True C. shepardi range doesn't extend to the Philippines, though with some recent discoveries of other fish that share similar ranges of C. shepardi, that may have changed. Though for that to be the case it would have to have been collected in the far North of the Philippines.

 

[Jun Cortez]

Yes it was collected in the northern part of the country, in an area close to taiwan already. Philippines has been getting some fishes which we previously thought were not found in the area (helfrich firefish for instance).

 

[eatbreakfast]

Yes it was collected in the northern part of the country, in an area close to taiwan already. Philippines has been getting some fishes which we previously thought were not found in the area (helfrich firefish for instance).

Yes, that would make for a possible range extension. And the lack of stripes would be an aberration.

 

[Jun Cortez]

Yes, that would make for a possible range extension. And the lack of stripes would be an aberration.

That's what I thought. Thanks for sharing yours.

 

[4FordFamily]

Well, I am from the Philippines and I got the fish from a local supplier. I selected it from a batch of locally collected shepardi angels ( or rusty/ flame hybrids).

Looks like an aberrant rusty or rusty flame hybrid but I'm not an expert on hybrids. It appears to be a rusty at least in partial blood in overall shape and color, less the stripes or other markings of a rusty