OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!

[yikai]

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

mine has a dorsla fin that is entirely black from start to end leh.

why is that so?

all the photos i see online usually have very little black on the dorsal fin.

[Terryz_]

mine has a dorsla fin that is entirely black from start to end leh.

why is that so?

all the photos i see online usually have very little black on the dorsal fin.

It might be the darker variant? The darker varient is more blue than yellow...

[yikai]

here's the link to the lemonpeel article i've written.

it's my favourite article i've written so far on a fish that i love so dearly. i hope anyone who reads it learn something interesting and appreciate the fish more!

http://reefbuilders.com/2011/11/07/cocos-island-lemonpeel-angelfish/

never knew iphone could take such decent pictures.

[yikai]

there's a new thread on reefcentral discussing the availability of Chaetodon wiebeli.

i really like this butterflyfish and it's very common in thailand, japan and taiwan. but they are just not collected for the trade regularly enough. infact, most of these end up as by catch and sold in the local countryeither as food fish or as cheap by catch fish.

they seldom get exported out and are just not targeted for collection.

they are very common as can be seen in this swarm in japan. dr. tanaka who lives in miyazaki, occasionally see juveniles swimming near the surface of the harbor. easy to catch!

[yikai]

omg!

juvenile 2 inch tinker on LADD! $500.

v reasonable price!

[Terryz_]

omg!

juvenile 2 inch tinker on LADD! $500.

v reasonable price!

CUTE RIGHT!!!!

[yikai]

super.

colini angels can be found in cocos islands.

maybe we should request for the collector to include colini in the next joculator shipment.

[Terryz_]

super.

colini angels can be found in cocos islands.

maybe we should request for the collector to include colini in the next joculator shipment.

I wouldnt mind but I think he dun collect them bah, if he does we will see some coming in..

[yikai]

I think colini Angels are found at a deeper depth too

[Digiman]

omg!

juvenile 2 inch tinker on LADD! $500.

v reasonable price!

V good price for such a rare fish!

super.

colini angels can be found in cocos islands.

maybe we should request for the collector to include colini in the next joculator shipment.

The joculator collector does not collect other fish except for joculator. Only recently he started collecting and taking orders for the other fish, the cocos lemonpeel. Other than that he does not collect anything else. Reason being he is earning too much from joculators alone and is too pampered to collect other fishes.

Colini is more cryptic and deeper and as such harder to collect compared to joculator. Also we are receiving many and cheaper colini's from the philippines, although none that i know of has survived.

[yikai]

According to yurivd from RC, colini are collected and costs 20% more than joculators!!!!! Wth!?

[Digiman]

According to yurivd from RC, colini are collected and costs 20% more than joculators!!!!! Wth!?

Colini costs more than a joculator? That's unheard of and i dun think that has happened more than once.

[yikai]

Colini costs more than a joculator? That's unheard of and i dun think that has happened more than once.

i find that difficult to believe too.

[cedricang]

omg!

juvenile 2 inch tinker on LADD! $500.

v reasonable price!

This is amazingly lovely

[yikai]

This is amazingly lovely

one of my favourite species.

but rare and expensive!

small ones are even harder to come by!

[Digiman]

Flame rusty? Or Flame beauty? Or Rusty flame beauty?

[cool guy]

Tats a nice hybrid... Another pattern for my collection to look out for... 

[iskay]

Chaetodon Larvatus...

[cedricang]

one of my favourite species.

but rare and expensive!

small ones are even harder to come by!

Just curious, is this little cutie reef safe ?

[yikai]

Just curious, is this little cutie reef safe ?

The tinker's butterflyfish belongs in the roaps subgenus which includes declivis, mitratus, burgess and flavocoronatus.

All are deepwater and fairly reef safe. I would say like flame Angels.

I have a declivis and a mitratus. No problems for me.

[cedricang]

The tinker's butterflyfish belongs in the roaps subgenus which includes declivis, mitratus, burgess and flavocoronatus.

All are deepwater and fairly reef safe. I would say like flame Angels.

I have a declivis and a mitratus. No problems for me.

Thanks Lemon, I would love to own one some day , they are just unbelievable lovely

[yikai]

my friend's rare fishes in hk

and update on his very rare rusty x coral beauty. he has kept it for many months and the size and coloration has changed as the fish grow.

at the bottom is a rusty x flame

and the top right!?!??!?!

HO HO. no need to explain. u all should know by now.

[yikai]

sadly, the bellus x melanospilos hybrid is turning female.

interestingly, there is hardly any female bellus traits!

[yikai]

and he has an earlei now.

[yikai]

his rusty flame