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Pinoy Paraiba Angelfish

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The Pinoy angelfish is combination of the black and blue variants.

 

The word Pinoy is a demonym referring to Filipino people in the Philippines as well as overseas Filipinos around the world. Filipinos usually refer to themselves informally as Pinoy or sometimes the feminine Pinay. The word is formed by taking the last four letters of Filipino and adding the diminutive suffix -y.

 

The Paraiba is a combination of the blushing and blue variants.

 

The name Paraiba is adopted from the gemstone Paraiba Tourmaline which has a beautiful electric blue-green color. This gemstone was named after the place where it was discovered, the state of Paraiba in Brazil.

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Uploaded on August 23, 2009
Taken on August 23, 2009