OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!

[Digiman]

Ultra rare Liopropoma Longilepis (Scalyfin Basslet) from Sea of Cortez, Mexico. A large basslet at standard length of 18.5cm and found at depth between 360 to 750ft! The Scalyfin Basslet is exceedingly rare and lacks significant documentation and photos within the scientific literature. Close relative of liopropoma fasciatum.

[Digiman]

Pronotogrammus multifasciatus (Speckled threadfin bass) from Baja California water. Reaches a size of 11". Deepwater but abundant at depth.

[yikai]

New catch?

Very nice!

[Digiman]

New catch?

Very nice!

Yap new.

I love the L.fasciatum.

[yikai]

digi may i know who caught the fishes?

[yikai]

i've released the lemonpeel into my tank.

the male flame angel is chasing it but the chasing has decreased all of a sudden after about 15 minutes. it just doesn't seem interested in the lemonpeel.

however compared to the time when i introduced the rusty flames, the flame angel went crazy and forced me to separate them. lemonpeel isn't closely related so i guess there is not so much aggression.

surprisingly no aggresion from the rusty flames too.

the eibli hybrid is bigger and is probably male. it's circling the lemonpeel but not in an aggressive way. there is no doubt both of them will pair up. the eibli is a big, probably male specimen and the addition of this smaller lemonpeel is going to induce spawning hopefully.

[Eniram]

I intend to pair the cocos lemonpeel with my hybrid Eibli x vroliki.

I've already caught it out and placed it in the sump where the cocos lemonpeel is.

the two fishes, when spawned and fries raised, will produce the legendary tiger-pyge dwarf angel.

here's a few pics of my eibli x vroliki.

since eibli, vroliki and lemonpeel are all very closely related and in the same complex, mixing and pairing any of the three is very easy and possible.

Wow finally we get to see this beauty, it does look like the tiger angel fish....

[yikai]

Wow finally we get to see this beauty, it does look like the tiger angel fish....

yup.

the old photos i've posted were pretty bad.

but this picture shows a better look at the fish.

especially the photo of it turning it's head.

the face is soo not a centropyge. more like a pomacanthus or a apolemichthys, in this case, for the tiger angelfish.

[yikai]

the cocos lemonpeel, eibli hybrid and the deepwater catches from the atlantic will be showcased on reefbuilders.

i'm going to get writing on them now.

[Digiman]

digi may i know who caught the fishes?

Here is more information: Mexico Fishes

[Digiman]

Misbar Brazilian Queen

[yikai]

Misbar Brazilian Queen

here's another pic before it went on sale.

too bad this misbar will disappear when the fish grows into it's adult colours.

[Digiman]

Here is another rare lemon x pebbled butterfly.

[yikai]

Here is another rare lemon x pebbled butterfly.

so cute!

from where!

[Digiman]

so cute!

from where!

HK Sealife hawaii shipment.

[yikai]

HK Sealife hawaii shipment.

suddenly so many lemon x miliaris hybrid!

[yikai]

here's a photo of a wild indian ocean lemonpeel by luiz rocha.

he photographed this in the christmas islands.

gorgeous eyes.

[yikai]

Hemitaurichthys thompsoni.

plain and dull looking but v rare. and nice. i want this if i have a chance to buy it.

[Digiman]

Hemitaurichthys thompsoni.

plain and dull looking but v rare. and nice. i want this if i have a chance to buy it.

Beautiful business suit butterfly.

A new pair of rainfordia opercularis at BH.

[Digiman]

Insanely colored Stigmatura goby. Iwarna has a tank with a stigmatura goby inside but the color is ugly!

[yikai]

i like these

[Digiman]

i like these

Reverse color of one and other.

Aberrant bicolor dottyback is as rare as aberrant firefish!

But sadly the bicolor dottyback is SUPER AGGRESSIVE.

I wonder how is the one i sold doing now.

[yikai]

Chrysiptera caeruleolineata is one of my favourites from the genus.

i have one but it's impossible to photograph the busy little fish.

here's a wild one in kwajalein, marshall islands.

[yikai]

here some updates on my cocos lemonpeel.

the little torn fin on the tail is from the male flame angel, but other than that it's perfectly healthy.

the blue eye is clearer in these pictures.

[Terryz_]

Chrysiptera caeruleolineata is one of my favourites from the genus.

i have one but it's impossible to photograph the busy little fish.

here's a wild one in kwajalein, marshall islands.

Told you it is nice... LOL... But there is actually two varient, one lighter yellow and one darker yellow..