Just before the holiday season began our friends Tetsuo Otake and Hideki Mukai took a quick flight from Osaka Japan to Nagoya Japan. The reason for their trip was to visit some nice LFS, but they also happened to swing by and see the infamous Peppermint Angelfish (Paracentropyge boylei). Hideki & Tetsuo report that the [...]
Just before the holiday season began our friends Tetsuo Otake and Hideki Mukai took a quick flight from Osaka Japan to Nagoya Japan. The reason for their trip was to visit some nice LFS, but they also happened to swing by and see the infamous Peppermint Angelfish (Paracentropyge boylei).
Hideki & Tetsuo report that the fish is extremely healthy and in very good condition. I was then asked, Eric have you seen Paracentropyge boylei? Which I sadly informed them that I had not seen this beautiful fish in person. Often times we make each other laugh because we forget about the differences in the hobby here in the United States and there in Japan. For example, they can’t believe how much money we pay for “Limited Edition Corals”! Fortunately during their trip to Nagoya, Hideki snapped some great photos of this stunning fish for the site.
Paracentropyge boylei is a deepwater dwarf angelfish that is endemic to the Cook Islands where Chip Boyle’s outfit does collecting. I have yet to hear of any collected recently, making the fish shown above the only known Peppermint Angelfish alive in captivity. Be sure to check out a video of this same fish here and another video of the fish feeding here.
