JEREMY GAY
7 HOURS AGO
Reef Builders is the home of naturally occurring saltwater fish hybrids and this latest specimen from Elliot Y. Lim of Marine Collectors is an absolute beauty! The fish is a mix of two popular Anampses wrasses – The Yellow Chest or Yellow Breasted Wrasse, Anampses twistii, and the Black-backed or New Guinea wrasse, Anampses neoguinaicus.
This Anampses hybrid is a happy accident!
Anampses twistii occurs naturally from the Red Sea to the Tuamoto Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, and south to Rapa. Anampses neoguinaicus occurs in the Western Pacific, from the Philippines and Taiwan to Fiji, north to the Izu Islands, South to the Great Barrier Reef, and New Caledonia. Its recently been recorded from Tonga too, so the two parent species do cross paths in the Western Pacific Ocean and spawned the Yellow Chested Black-backed hybrid love child we see here. The pictured fish was exported via the Philippines.
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Yellow Black Back Wrasse is Anampses twistii/neoguinaicus hybrid | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog
Reef Builders is the home of naturally occurring saltwater fish hybrids and this latest specimen from Elliot Y. Lim of Marine Collectors is an absolute beauty! The fish is a mix of two popular…
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