Colourful mandarin fish spotted in Singapore waters for first time, likely from aquarium trade

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SINGAPORE - A pair of mandarin fish - colourful reef fish known among scuba divers for their exotic mating dances in the moonlight - has been spotted for the first time in Singapore.

The fish species is not known to be found naturally in the Republic, although it does occur in nearby waters, such as in the Philippines, as well as in Borneo and Java in Indonesia.

Speaking to The Straits Times over the phone on Tuesday , Ms Tan said:"I had not used my camera for some time, so I was hovering near some stones on the seabed, trying to adjust the settings, when I saw a dark shape moving in and out of the rubble."She slowly drifted closer to the rock pile, trying not to spook the fish, and shone a faint beam of light from her dive torch on the rubble.

The observation was published as a biodiversity record in the scientific journal Nature In Singapore on May 31.

 

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