OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!

[cool guy]

Lol!!! 

[kiewching]

[yikai]

that's a very rare kingi x trimaculatus hybrid.

as if the kingi wasn't rare enough!

[Digiman]

that's a very rare kingi x trimaculatus hybrid.

as if the kingi wasn't rare enough!

This fish is TOO RARE!

And good to hear that it'll be gg to a public aquarium where it'll be receiving the best care.

[yikai]

This fish is TOO RARE!

And good to hear that it'll be gg to a public aquarium where it'll be receiving the best care.

yeah so far all the pics are grainy horrible quality from books.

the tail is very nice!

[Digiman]

Deepwater coral beauty. Will turn back to normal overtime.

Semifasciatus female

5 stripes hogfish

dusky heraldi

hybrid lemon

hybrid koran? Look at the yellow in the tail.

[FuEl]

Siganius doliatus Fiji morph. The creme of rabbitfish.

[Digiman]

Aberrant purple tang in the wild.

[yikai]

Aberrant purple tang in the wild.

WHAT THE HELLLLL THIS IS GORGEOUS!

[yikai]

gorgeous and amazing katherinae fairy wrasses!

[Digiman]

Also from PIA, v rare Pomachromis Guamensis (Guam damsel), endemic to Guam, Marianas islands.

[yikai]

did they have the shipment from guam!?

amazing if so. there has been no collection there for years!

[Digiman]

did they have the shipment from guam!?

amazing if so. there has been no collection there for years!

I believe so, otherwise how they got the endemic guam damsels?

Also wont their katherine fairy wrasses collected from Guam too?

[yikai]

I believe so, otherwise how they got the endemic guam damsels?

Also wont their katherine fairy wrasses collected from Guam too?

katherine is only found in guam and japan.

so the appearance of the guam damsels confirm that there is indeed collection going on there which has been closed for many years now!

so these fishes indicate that the long hiatus has been lifted.

now there are two questions that are burning through my mind.

1) where have the other katherinae that liveaquaria obtained in the past come from? japan? cannot be!

2) will we start seeing flavocoronatus and shepardis from guam now that there is collection?

omg exciting.

[Digiman]

1) where have the other katherinae that liveaquaria obtained in the past come from? japan? cannot be!

2) will we start seeing flavocoronatus and shepardis from guam now that there is collection?

omg exciting.

LADD do get exotic japanese fishes like modestus. So it could be from Japan.

The reappearance of shepardi may no longer be exciting or anticipated after the influx of cebu false shepardi's.

Flavocoronatus will be "the" fish to catch from Guam but it is deepwater and rare so even there is collection again at Guam flavocoronatus may not appear.

[Digiman]

Photo of a roa excelsa in Hawaii taken by during a research deep dive. Look at the surroundings, it is devoid of life which shows how deep the fish is found.

[yikai]

the excelsa is just crazy.!

ok rb time

[Digiman]

Alongside the roa excelsa is another deepwater hawaii endemic, Hollardia goslinei (Hawaiian Spikefish), photographed at 300m!

[yikai]

another super rare multicolor x rusty from the philippines.

[Digiman]

another super rare multicolor x rusty from the philippines.

GORGEOUS! Which country is it gg to this time?

[yikai]

GORGEOUS! Which country is it gg to this time?

dunno!!!

imported by europe lfs.

I WANT IT SOOO BADLY LEH!!

you would think the first one is a fluke but then this came out!

SICK SICK SICK!

[Digiman]

dunno!!!

imported by europe lfs.

I WANT IT SOOO BADLY LEH!!

you would think the first one is a fluke but then this came out!

SICK SICK SICK!

Fly past us and all the way to Europe...

Even if another appear it'll fly to somewhere else like Japan or HK.. Sigh.

[yikai]

Fly past us and all the way to Europe...

Even if another appear it'll fly to somewhere else like Japan or HK.. Sigh.

it's in germany now.

the flight from cebu to germany will already rake up a huge sum.

to ship it back to asia will double the cost.

then in asian market they will triple it to sell to rare fish collectors.

crazy.

just put in iwarna's philippine shipment and sell us at $25 can? haha

[dnsfpl]

should change my siggy to False Shepardi as it sound nicer than Rusty Flame lol

[Digiman]

should change my siggy to False Shepardi as it sound nicer than Rusty Flame lol

Agree. False shepardi is a nicer name than rusty flame, and that is why it quickly became popular and became the name to call the fish.