If the Grouper population on the reef increases one would. Paul’s Rock is so remote and hard to get to, It’s been a long time since we’ve seen some fresh pictures of the magnificent ‘designer queen angelfish’ from this area. Based on the fact that the Nassau grouper eats Parrotfish, angelfish, and snappers. The mutated queen angelfish represent only about one percent of the population of Holacanthus ciliaris in this area, and only a small fraction of those show the extreme color morphs like the blue queen. Since they come from the Caribbean, the Queen Angelfish can handle water temperatures a little higher than some other large angels. Some of them are patchy-colored like Koi, others are all white, but one special form the ‘Blue Queen’ is one of the most recognizable from this region. Description: The queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) is a large and hardy angelfish commonly found near reefs in the warmer sections of the western Atlantic Ocean. Paul’s Rock have been well documented for many decades, and they come in a diversity of color patterns. The unusually colored Queen angelfish from St. It’s in this remote group of isolated habitats that queen angelfish in particular have experienced a degree of inbreeding, resulting in some very unusual specimens. This isn't uncommon in our hobby but I wanted to give you a heads up. It can be kept with South Pacific animals but you are mixing species together that would never encounter each other naturally.

Paul’s Rock is part of a group of islands, also known as Sao Paulo & Sao Pedro in Brazil, which are almost 600 miles from the mainland of South America, and very isolated from other marine environments. A Queen Angelfish as you likely know is a Caribbean species. It’s appearance has some regional variation throughout its range from Florida to Brazil, but there’s one place where the queen angels put on some very unusual colors, and that is St.

The Queen Angelfish is one of the most iconic reef fish in the Caribbean Sea.