$3000 Moonstone Chromis arrives in the US from the Deep Waters of Japan
JEREMY GAY1 WEEK AGO
Rare fish retailer Unique Fins has informed Reef Builders that it has received two specimens of the super rare deep-water Moonstone Chromis from Japan. First described in 2019 by Yi-Kai Tea, Anthony Gill, and Hiroshi Senou, Chromis tingting was described based on one holotype and three paratypes collected from Sagami Bay, Southern Japan. The holotype was collected in 2012.
Chromis tingting frequents waters 50-60 meters deep but has been found as deep as 86 meters and as shallow as 25 meters. Despite there being over 100 species of Chromis, only perhaps a dozen shallow water species are regularly traded for the aquarium hobby, yet 34 species occur at depths over 50 meters, the Moonstone Chromis being one of them. A deepwater dream tank for someone, Chromis tingting lives in Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems alongside other deepwater collectibles including Sacura, Pseudanthias, Tosanoides, and Pseudolabrus.
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Rare fish retailer Unique Fins has informed Reef Builders that it has received two specimens of the super rare deep-water Moonstone Chromis from Japan. First described in 2019 by Yi-Kai Tea…
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