yikai

pseudanthias sp 2. it looks exactly like the un-described one from christmas island that pacific island aquatics brought in. these were phtographed in japan and guam.

a v big wiebeli butterfly

this one photographed by I. koketsu was found in celebes sea, indonesia!

calloura anthias are usually found in palau and micronesia.

auripes x lineolatus butterfly hybrid

Nice!! I like this alot. Jake Adams asked me to do a post on acanthurus polyzona yesterday and after doing research and re-exposing Myself to this fish again, I think it's v unique and v interesting and I want it now! I never felt this way about any tang before. I dislike tangs except polyzona

another photo of a male anampses elegans. i really like this fish!

a lord howe endemic and found in some parts of new zealand. anampses elegans

actually posted before. page 218. haha i think it belongs to copps.

I think something like this before but not this exact piece. Ur this picture, is it new?

ON MY TURF! just kidding jake. fantastic picture of that ballina angel in the wild. my favorite fish pictures are always those found in the wild.

i think a transitioning longnose butterflyfish in the "melanistic phase"

it's a juvenile scallop.

these are tube-lipped wrasses that eat sps corals

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/01/25/anampses-femininus-entering-market-regularity/

the male is nice but to me it looks very parrot-fish like with the typical rainbow colors found in so many big parrotfish like wrasses. the females on the other hand, much more unique and much nicer in my opinion.

undescribed valenciennea

very nice Amphiprion perideraion with a tail margin. those i've seen usually don't have a margin or even if they do, not so thick.

another male anampses femininus for sale in japan.

they change the name to H. schwartzi but it's the same fish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgAl_-oHquE check out this video of diving in marquesas. what is that pure white damsel at the end? looks like there are many of them. some endemic species?

i suspected it was that. but the pictures from my book didn't look quite like yours. maybe coz blur cant see properly.

v hard to find la haha. the book is like many hundred pages and the video so blur but it;s someting ive never seen before

looks rare and very nice. where did you get it from? i check my wrasse book.