yikai

could be

just done writing up an article on cirrhilabrus blatteus. the ultimate red sea fish in my opinion. an endemic fairy wrasse that is found in the gulf of aqaba. here are a few pics from the article. super rare, has yet to enter the trade.

don't know what damsel is this. probably some juvenile.

tapeinosoma dottyback in the wild.

so cute! it's the same one from oak island right. looks so easy to catch.

it looks very dull in the video hor? why?

a very small bandit angel from pacific island aquatics. the pipe is only 1 inch in diameter!

wait till you see my next article on reefbuilders

and of course, gorgeous pic of eight line flasher wrasse.

xyrichtys pentadactylus in the wild.

pseudochromis sp from red sea also. the fork tail as well as the green color is v unique

pseudochromis dixurus from the red sea

good job. it's the only pic of wild cirrhilabrus blatteus with its harem. taken at 65m.

anybody wanna make a guess what fish is being pictured here? look carefully. the picture is very rare and its by eran brokovich, of mesophotic.org

v nice and rare tanakai dottyback in the wild.

CF has alot of nice small sized yellow belly regal angels. some are pellet feeding. also one rare xyrichthys pentadactylus razor wrasse. you can read about this unusual razor wrasse which i've written about here - http://reefbuilders.com/2011/08/30/xyrichthys-pentadactylus/

a falcifer butterflyfish photographed by a recreational diver with a little catalina goby at the bottom of the photo. the photo caption says "this fish was tasty for dinner" i certainly hope he did not eat it...and only meant it as a joke! what a waste of money and fish!

beautiful tricinctus and lord howe butterflyfish!

some more pictures of smithi butterflyfish.

one of the best picture of Chaetodon smithi out there. i've always loved this butterfly and it's always been one of my favorites. but unfortunately, unobtainable.

lunatus fairy wrasse females, coral sea male hooded fairy wrasse and blackburn butterflyfish all at LADD.

another video of stonogobiops xanthorhinica

a very rare sagami basslet in the wild.

Symphysanodon katayamai i believe digiman posted a video of one before? or at least another species in this very anthias looking genus.