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Juvenile P. Leopoldi
© Michelle Ricketts |
It is our goal to provide angelfish enthusiasts
with the most comprehensive and complete archive pertaining
to history, with up to date information on the status of our
wilds and the origins of our domestics.
Dr. Sven O Kullander, Senior Curator, Dept. of Vertebrate
Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History states...
- "Species level systematics is problematic. There may be
more species than the three now considered valid (Kullander,
1986).The type locality of P. scalare (Lichtenstein)
(eastern Brazil) is imprecise, and there may be no type
specimen preserved of that species."
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A red shoulder wild angelfish © Peter Goebel
Hamburg (Germany) |
A red shoulder wild angelfish © Peter Goebel Hamburg
(Germany)
Originally, five species of Pterophyllum were published.
There are now only three valid species. What happened to the
other two species? Find out more in the "Angelfish
Timeline."
Several new wild variants have been making an appearance.
Some variants such as the "Red Shoulder" and the "Red tail"
are very rare and only a handful of hobbyist have ever seen
them. Other, more common variants include: the red spotted,
black spotted leopoldi, and the peruvian. To help you
identify your wild angelfish, we have composed an
Identification Guide.
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