Resplendent Fireball Angelfish Hybrid from St. Helena Island

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The ‘Resplendent Fireball’ angelfish is a naturally occurring hybrid of the semi-precious brazilian flameback angelfish (aka fireball), Centropyge aurantonotus, and the ‘unobtainium’ resplendent angelfish C. resplendens. So how does a fish from Brazil come to hybridize with a fish that lives in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? It turns out that the Brazilian flameback angelfish […]

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