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Hiroyuki Tanaka
Dabei seit : 16.05.2005
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Marquesas Islands ( C.d.declivis) & Line Islands ( C.d.wilderi); 12 cm; scarce
Specimens sold at shops are all this subspecies C.declivis wilderi from Christmas Island, Line Islands in mid Pacific, and these cannot be found in Marquesas, so we should call it Wilder’s Butterflyfish, not Marquesan Butterflyfish; a subtle difference could be found between these two subspecies, however; the amount of dark area depends on specimens; very close to C.tinke i ; fortunately I could see it for the first time at a shop in Oahu, and it was just collected and brought back by Dr. Randall Kosaki, who described Centropyge nahackyi in 1989, we met just after his description; the specimen in a shop soon took foods offered in the tank (see right photo); very easy to acclimate and maintain in aquaria
Schwierigkeitsgrad : mittel
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