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Watermelon zoas


(est. 1998) rarity: 5

Wide red halo ring on dark background with light slit mouth and green fringe

named for the way they look like a watermelon slice
-similar to Eagle eyes/ but EEs have an orange halo ring (ref.)
* bottom right pic is of the holotype
* top left pic shows super ring morph
* top left and middle right pics are of "white ring" Jakarta/ Viet Nam morphs
there is also a Japaneese "deepwater" morph known as "DeepWater melon zoas" (ref.)