Lightning Clown

[Myka]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

They are result of an extensive captive breeding

That is not accurate. These are F1 babies which means both the parents are wild caught. In this case, the parents were collected in Papua New Guinea at different times. The breeder, Matt Pedersen, worked at it for several years trying to pair up the Lightning Maroon. He also paid $2500 for the fish without any guarantees for a reproductive future. The babies offered for sale right now are from the only successful spawning from the pair so far. It has been many months with no more reproductive activity. These are indeed quite rare!

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/03/30/l...d-fishbreeder/

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/05/09/l...ownfish-spawn/

This is what the female looks like. It is expected the white pattern on the babies will develop to look like the female.