Tuesday, January 14, 2025

A FISH THAT LOOKS LIKE A CANDY CANE

The Peppermint Angel Fish is one expensive little fish.  Why?  Cuz it takes a specially trained diver to go down some 400 feet into the ocean to collect them.  Once divers reach the required depth, time is limited and presents a challenge.  They live around many locations throughout the central South Pacific Ocean region.  The price of just one fish could easily be thousands of dollars.  That's a lot of cabbage for a fish that's less than 3" long.  

Peppermint Angel Fish
Its most prominent characteristic is the five alternating vertical bright reddish orange and white stripes along its entire body that resemble a peppermint candy, for which it was named.  The Peppermint likes to hide from its predators around caves, coral reefs and ledges on steep reef slopes.  They have a habit of nipping at each other's tails.  Their side fins and tail are completely translucent.  
Often known as The Holy Grail
of marine angel fish
Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best.........Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

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