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A hybrid or no?

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by Robert (Bob) Fenner
Centropyge bispinosa ID  -- 04/16/07 Hey guys, <Hi Wes, Mich here.> (insert flowery praise here).   <Insert gushing thanks here> The other day, when compulsively reading through your site, I found a description of a yellowfin  / coral beauty hybrid, and I'm wondering if that's what I've got.   <Hybrids are possible with C. bispinosa, though this looks like a typical C. bispinosa to me.> I should say, depending on the angle, there is much more of a blue to much of his head and body.  I tried to get onto FishBase with no luck.  This fish seems to be relatively active and not too bashful, but would love to know if there's anything else I need to know regarding care for this guy.   <Some will nip at corals and clam mantles> He's eating off the rocks like mad and taking small amounts of frozen varieties.   <A varied diet supplemented with Spirulina is beneficial.> Thanks as always for you help!
<Welcome!  -Mich>
Wes

Coral beauty or Yellowfin? Bob et al, I recently (6 weeks ago) added what I thought was a Coral Beauty, only to see on your site that it may be a Yellowfin or moonbeam dwarf. How can I be sure? <You should be able to distinguish them from the photos. Please see here for additional pictures   www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=10974&genusname=Centropyge &species name=flavipectoralis> My guy looks more like the guy in the Yellowfin pic, and has the bright yellow pectoral fins, also bright blue dorsal fin, blue tail and blue head, a yellow body with blue stripes. <The yellow body part is off for this fish. All the photos I have ever seen show a pretty dark body. There is a lot of hybridization amongst Centropyges. Perhaps you have one. Feel free to send us a picture if you can get it, something in the 400 KB range.> Your description "good fish for medium aggressive fish-only set-ups" kind of concerns me. The Yellowfin is currently the only fishy inhabitant of a 55 gallon with some mushrooms. I'd like to add some more softies in the future (I have 4x48"NO fluorescents). I also have a gold striped maroon clown freshly in the quarantine tank. Do you foresee any problems? <No> I've been watching for some nips at the mushrooms, none yet, keeping my fingers crossed. <LPS corals would be in more danger along with Xenia and feather dusters.> Any tankmates to suggest? <As per most Centropyge.> It would also have to be DSB safe, no sand sifters eating my pods. <Not a problem with this fish. -Steven Pro>

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