【生物快讯】近距离观察一只变异草莓

准雀鲷科（Dottyback）是一些色彩最丰富，最小，最坚韧的完美海水（饲养）鱼，尤其是在几个不同种类的拟雀鲷属（Pictichromis）中。这些鱼充满个性，很容易饲养，但同时，它们也诞生了很多异变个体。



我们在水族贸易中见到的三种主要物种是帝王草莓（purple dottyback）、皇室草莓（royal dottyback）和王冠草莓（diadema dottyback，迪亚德马草莓），但我们偶尔会看到一些个体具有最常见三种的中间形态。我们曾经认为，这些鱼大多是颜色不寻常的变异个体，但在菲律宾北部的RVS鱼群中，越来越多的“异常个体”发现到了稳定的变种。



这些基本稳定的变种并不是前半紫色或者后半紫色，而是上半紫，下半黄。我们认为，这可能是常见的王冠草莓（diadema dottyback），马来亚拟雀鲷（Pictichromis diadema）和这两个双色鱼其中之一：皇室草莓（royal dottyback）或者帝王草莓（purple dottyback），还有双色草莓（P. paccagnellae）和斑岩草莓（P. porphyrus）的杂交物种。

我们知道这些鱼好斗的本性，并获得了这些变异/杂交鱼中的一种，作为Reef Builders工作室在漫长搭建过程中陪伴它的标志性的第一条鱼。这条鱼已经成为一个非常讨人喜欢的宠物，只有海星、珊瑚和蜗牛与它为伴，没有其他鱼可以欺负它。

由于没有其他鱼类可供我们观赏，这条独特的草莓已经变成了人见人爱的宠物。凭借其紫色和黄色的身体和深紫色的蓝眼睛，'艾比'（Abby）的变异点也是一个优秀的摄影主题。我们很快就会聚焦于艾比的新家——一个可以在短时间内诞生的准完美纳米珊瑚缸。

原文：

Dottybacks are some of the most colorful, small & hardy perfect aquarium fish, and this is especially true of the several different species of Pictichromis. These fish are packed with personality and are very easy to care for, but unfortunately they also come with a big helping of attitude.

The three main species we see in the aquarium trade from this genus are the purple, royal, and diadema dottybacks, but every once in a while we see individuals with intermediate patterns of the most common three. We used to think that these were mostly aberrant specimens with unusual colors, but more frequent collections by RVS Fishworld in the Northern Philippines has given us a steady stream of one particular variant.

Instead of being half purple in the front and half purple in the back, these semi-consistent variants are mostly purple on top and mostly yellow on the bottom portion. We believe these are possibly a regularly occurring hybrids of the diadema dottyback, Pictichromis diadema, and either the bicolored royal dottyback or the purple dottyback, P. paccagnellae & P. porphyrus respectively.

Knowing the extremely pugnacious nature of these fish, we acquired one of these aberrants/hybrids as a token first fish for the Reef Builders Studio to keep us company during the long buildout process. This individual has turned into quite a personable pet and with only starfish, corals and snails as tankmates, it has no one to pick on.

And with no other fish for us to look at, this particularly unique Pictichromis has turned into an awesome pet. With its purple and yellow body and deeper lilac blue eyes, ‘Abby’ the aberrant dottyback is also an excellent photographic subject. Well follow up very soon on the quasi perfect nano reef tank that Abby calls home very soon as this is one little reef & coral aquarium that has really blossomed over a short period of time.

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海鱼？

海鱼养不了啊

学习了。666

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