Aqua Gift’s Yellow Chaetodon burgessi may have hybrid DNA

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Japanese aquatic store Aqua Gift has received another yellow Burgess’ Butterflyfish, Chaetodon burgessi. Hailing from the subgenus Roaops, burgessi and its five closely related congeners inhabit deep drop-offs in the Indo-Pacific, are highly sought-after aquarium fish, and this particular yellow specimen will get the pulses racing for many a saltwater fish collector. What species actually…
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