Blackspot Angelfish (Centropyge Nigriocella)

[ENTMogul]

Never seen this pygmy before. amazing looking!

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John (Copps), please chime in! :fish2:

 

[scchase]

Looks a lot nicer than most the pics I have ever seen of them.

 

[lebreef]

Apparently a very reclusive fish, hence the reason why it is never seen. Not a deepwater fish. Have you seen the price tag on that fish? If I recall correctly $16,000!!!

 

[Yurivd]

Have a look at the c. narcosis
Looks almost the same but has more bright colors

 

[ENTMogul]

Apparently a very reclusive fish, hence the reason why it is never seen. Not a deepwater fish. Have you seen the price tag on that fish? If I recall correctly $16,000!!!

Yea underneath the video it says $16,000. This is one beautiful fish!

 

[humaguy]

wow, she is really pretty!

 

[humaguy]

masna has a great video of a resplendens at glassbox...
beautiful fish all over the place...with huge prices...

 

[Sheol]

Wow! Need video, better looking than the specimen in Scott Michael's Angelfish book. That looked drab, this one has more color. More life, maybe because this is a video?

Matthew

 

[ENTMogul]

I just love the look of this fish... look how the colors are a gradient white to yellow with just a big black spot.. amazing!

 

[rachenbrazil]

So unique !

 

[ENTMogul]

Does anybody know anyone who has one?

 

[Vili_Shark]

Does anybody know anyone who has one?

There was only one collected for the industry , It was collected in Vanuatu and sold to Japan.
Fish looks in a good condition, so there is a Japanese happy reefer now.

 

[blface]

I've never even heard of anybody keeping one of these. It's rare to see any photo's of this angel most pics you see are the same few over & over again. This fish does look alot better in the video than the pics I've seen. From what I've read most specimans are caught with cyanide due to it's very shy & reclussive behavior. I wonder if the fish in the video was caught this way that's why the colors are so much brighter. I'm surprised Copps hasn't chimed in yet on this one. Even he doesn't own one of these.

 

[Sheol]

I was under the impression that because they aren't flashy in color, and very hard to find/catch, that there was no Hobby interest in these fish..
But the one in the video was very colorful actually, IMHO.

Matthew

 

[Terra Ferma]

I was under the impression that because they aren't flashy in color, and very hard to find/catch, that there was no Hobby interest in these fish..
But the one in the video was very colorful actually, IMHO.

Matthew

The old timey description goes something along the lines of these fish never stray out of over (to the point where they could be collected) and that the only specimens have been captured when reef patches are surveyed with fish anesthetizing/killing chemicals.

 

[auem]

look guys...copps,luiz rocha,matt wandell all the top guy already made their comments the day after the fish was caught...back in february...here is the link

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1979713&highlight=centropyge+nigriocella

 

[mfish1]

If its unique there's interest no matter how ugly