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A mysterious new marine angelfish

The marine angelfishes are without doubt among the most beautiful of all marine fishes. Six species occur on the western coast of the Atlantic. The discovery there of a new species must rank as a sensation, as the area has been very well explored ichthyologically.

The six species that occur there are the Pygmy Angelfish (Centropyge argi), the Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor), the Gray Angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus), the French Angelfish (Pomacanthus paru), the Blue Angelfish (Holacanthus bermudensis), and the Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris). You should know that the last two species can be told apart only by their differing coloration.


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A ghost fish?!

Geisterfisch
For some time now there have been strange, snow-white to ivory-colored, cigar-shaped fishes with ruby-red eyes in the trade. So what are they? They are in fact albinos of one of the most ancient fish species on our planet, a...
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Gorgeous gobies

Gobie
The gobies are the most species-rich group of fishes in the world. The vast majority of species live in the sea, but there are also numerous freshwater species. The gobies also include some of the smallest fishes on Earth, and...
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A jewel from the Congo

The lamp-eyes are killifishes from Africa and a number of species have long been part of the standard range of better aquarium stores. But the species that Aquarium Glaser has recently imported from the D. R.Congo is not only fabulously...
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