OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!

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From iwarna's latest blueharbor shipment.

Meiacanthus kamoharai - the only one outside japan currently.

Valenciennea bellae - a lovely sand sifter goby that shared the same fate as kamoharai, but is now slowly spreading to the states and other parts of the world. the care level of this species is a hit and miss, and can be difficult initially.

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a short video of M. kamoharai.

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How much was the trigger retailing?

The black rim fins are damn cool

USD 199.99 only.

a steal for a rare hybrid trigger!

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gorgeous fijian Ecsenius opsifrontalis on LADD

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beautiful tonozukai fairy wrasse.

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Plectranthias sp?

i love the dorsal fin!

Inermis style. Nano tank fish

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Inermis style. Nano tank fish

it was labelled as Plectranthias altipinnis. but i have never seen one before so i dunno if it is it.

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I could do with a kamoharai myself, I think they look unique

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I could do with a kamoharai myself, I think they look unique

they are unique. most meiacanthus are striped or plain, but kamohara is totally black with silvery spots and a single stripe.

but they are very hard to come by outside of japan. this one was a favour from koji after repeated pestering. you would have more luck catching one for yourself in japan.

here's a video of one making a glass bottle its home.

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juvenile kamohara blennies do not have the speckling on the fins and body.

the first one has many parasites attached to it!

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a nice video of an alpha male filament flasher wrasse from solomon island with full yellow dorsal fin.

http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-2455667-stock-footage-male-adult-filamented-flasher-paracheilinus-filamentosus-underwater-in-solomon-islands.html

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Rare meiacanthus procne!

a screenshot of one swimming in Fiji. the only live video/picture of one.

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Meiacanthus ditrema

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M. urostigma

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Meiacanthus anema. the only brackish water meiacanthus and can survive in low salinity

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Rare meiacanthus procne!

a screenshot of one swimming in Fiji. the only live video/picture of one.

This is another pattern I like. The others so so.

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Rare meiacanthus procne!

a screenshot of one swimming in Fiji. the only live video/picture of one.

Beautiful! Somehow reminds me of pseudocoris aquelis.

There are too many rare meiacanthus unavailable to the trade.

The one that captivates me the most will still be the deepest Meiacanthus Erdmanni! This blenny is found at over 200ft in Cenderawasih Bay. Why does a blenny need to stay so deep? This fish needs a private interview!

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Another Papuan Jawfish 20cm in Japan!

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Another Papuan Jawfish 20cm in Japan!

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wah HIDEOUS! it really looks like a small dog and the last picture is so scary!

this has an ugly brown dust compared to the white papuan jaw last time. maybe the color changes according to mood.

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Long time no see, Flabelligobius. This goby has gone missing in sg and many parts of the world. one on b-box currently.

what priolepis is this?

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Beautiful! Somehow reminds me of pseudocoris aquelis.

There are too many rare meiacanthus unavailable to the trade.

The one that captivates me the most will still be the deepest Meiacanthus Erdmanni! This blenny is found at over 200ft in Cenderawasih Bay. Why does a blenny need to stay so deep? This fish needs a private interview!

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another stripey rare Meiacanthus is M. cyanopterus.

i like both of them, and they have long ventral fins. interesting

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Rare blenny in Japan!

Ecsenius Oculus (Rarely available, caught in Okinawa)

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Two new Liopropoma Africanum in Japan

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A semi-rare Meiacanthus that we will not likely to see soon.

I have kept one before from CF tonga shipment but it refused to eat and died. M. togaensis, found in Fiji and Tonga.

i spoke to matthew pederson about my kamohara's reluctance to eat, and he said that wild meiacanthus are actually not as easy as we think and can be very picky. captive breeding has made this genus more easy than it actually appears.

digi, like your reticulatus, my kamohara probably needs time before it learns to eat other food besides fish eggs. my old togaensis also never ate and died.

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New shipment of Pseudojuloides Sp. in Japan!

Only one piece this time from Marshall Island shipment. In the picture you can see other marshall fishes like traceyi damsel and a small neopercularis hog.