OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!

[Digiman]

Ultra rare Chromis Struhsakeri (Hawaii endemic).

A fish i have always been dreaming to see one day!

[Digiman]

Another very rare fish from Hawaii! An adult liopropoma Aurora in the wild.

[Digiman]

Here are two other videos.

Tonnes of thompsoni anthias and several chromis struhsakeri. At the background you also see some chromis verater and a hawaiian morwong (Goniistisus Vittatus) and a bandit angel

Ultra rare hawaiian Bodianus Bathycapros and Capradon Unicolor (These will make stunning public aquarium specimens)

[yikai]

A series of SUPER RARE endemic fishes to triton bay and cenderawasih bay!

Pseudochromis jamali!!! a curious dotty back that looks like Chromis retrofasciata. who is imitating who?

Also Paracheilinus nursalim, Cirrhilabrus cenderawasih, Paracheilinus walton and Eviota raja.

[yikai]

More photos of Cirrhilabrus cenderawasih and Paracheilinus walton!!

[Tony Gill]

That's Manonichthys jamali, not Pseudochromis. Some of the other Manonichthys species are also mimics. For example, M. paranox is a mimic of Centropyge nox - even has the odd flicky way of swimming.

[yikai]

That's Manonichthys jamali, not Pseudochromis. Some of the other Manonichthys species are also mimics. For example, M. paranox is a mimic of Centropyge nox - even has the odd flicky way of swimming.

Thanks! Too exited. Yes manonichthys jamali

[dlaux]

Here some of the rare fish in my tank ^^ - all from De Jong - sorry, i am not the best photographer :-)

pseudanthias calloura - group of female:

pseudanthias aurulentus:

Pseudanthias ventralis:

Terelabrus rubrovittatus:

Rabaulichthys stigmaticus:

Lubbockichthys multisquamatus:

Pseudanthias hutomoi:

Pseudoplesiops rosae:

Hope you like them ^^

[lcf425]

Here some of the rare fish in my tank ^^ - all from De Jong - sorry, i am not the best photographer :-)

pseudanthias calloura - group of female:

pseudanthias aurulentus:

Pseudanthias ventralis:

Terelabrus rubrovittatus:

Rabaulichthys stigmaticus:

Lubbockichthys multisquamatus:

Pseudanthias hutomoi:

Pseudoplesiops rosae:

Hope you like them ^^

nice fishes you got there! how long have you had the ventrails anthais?

[dlaux]

Hi,

i have the ventrails not to long, just 6 weeks, but they doing very well. its a group of 8.

But i have lower temperature in the tank, also for the other athias.

[seanhorsay]

Hi,

i have the ventrails not to long, just 6 weeks, but they doing very well. its a group of 8.

But i have lower temperature in the tank, also for the other athias.

Hi mate.. how low ur temp set? Care to share & thx..

[Digiman]

Here some of the rare fish in my tank ^^ - all from De Jong - sorry, i am not the best photographer :-)

pseudanthias calloura - group of female:

pseudanthias aurulentus:

Pseudanthias ventralis:

Terelabrus rubrovittatus:

Rabaulichthys stigmaticus:

Lubbockichthys multisquamatus:

Pseudanthias hutomoi:

Pseudoplesiops rosae:

Hope you like them ^^

I love your choice of fishes. They are beautiful and yet not overly expensive (except for the calloura maybe). Some of them are rare and uncommon finds like terelabrus and "rosae".

However, quite a number of your fishes are very challenging to keep alive for most hobbyists. For example aurulentus, ventralis, Raubaulichtys and calloura. I have tried them all and realised that they need heavy feeding to sustain long term. Mine all slowly die off one by one. They feed but still get thinner overtime. The typical "eat-but-not-eat-enough" anthias problem.

Pls continue to update us especially on how well the ventralis anthias they do long term so that we can learn from your experience. And bigger picture pls next time so we can all enjoy the beauty of your fishes without having to squint our eyes!.

[dlaux]

Hi, i set the temperature to 23,5°C (74,3°F) - feeding is very important, i feed 6x / day - sometimes more.

The aurulentus and the Raubaulichtys are quiet easy i would say, have them in the tank since 5-6 month and they doing really good.

But i found out, as soon as the temperature is a bid higher they didn´t eat well .. so i think this is one of the main raisons why they can make

problems.

Are the images to small? No idea why, but in my view they look like all other in the tread .. ?

I will let you know in some month how all doing.

[dlaux]

oh and yes, they all not to expensive, just the aurulentus and the calloura are very pricey here in europe ..

aurulentus - 350€/ each and the calloura 2.000€ / trio - sounds not to much, but if you see that you should have a group..

I first bought 3 aurulentus to see if i can handle them and 3 weeks later 7 more ^^

If everything works i will buy the last 5 available ones from De Jong next month too :-) crossing fingers

here some more images of my aurulentus from yesterday:

[FuEl]

Gorgeous. I sell callouras for only a fraction of the price in Europe & it is still viewed as expensive. Rare marine fish hard to move, few people willing to pay. Amazingly local fish hobbyists are willing to spend on common fish like monster fish, arowanas or koi. Something I can never understand. The marine hobby here is still not progressing much, very unfortunate.

[asg]

Cos FW lovers do not have that many alternative choice of fishes compare to marine in term of colour. For the price of one bandit i can easily buy twenty other types of fish with diff colours shapes characters etc. That why most reefers will vote with their money on varieties

[Tony Gill]

Here some of the rare fish in my tank ^^ - all from De Jong - sorry, i am not the best photographer :-)

pseudanthias calloura - group of female:

pseudanthias aurulentus:

Pseudanthias ventralis:

Terelabrus rubrovittatus:

Rabaulichthys stigmaticus:

Lubbockichthys multisquamatus:

Pseudanthias hutomoi:

Pseudoplesiops rosae:

Hope you like them ^^

Your Pseudoplesiops rosae and Lubbockichthys multisquamatus appear to be two of my new species of Lubbockichthys. It's hard to be sure though, without seeing side-on views. I've almost completed my paper revising this genus (and am chipping away on a revision of Pseudoplesiops at the same time), and am hoping to submit it for publication later this year. Once it comes out, I might write a contribution for this group on the various species. (At this stage I'm recognising six species in Lubbockichthys, three of which are new. I'm struggling a bit with species limits in Pseudoplesiops, but there are at least 10 in that genus.)

Tony

[yikai]

Your Pseudoplesiops rosae and Lubbockichthys multisquamatus appear to be two of my new species of Lubbockichthys. It's hard to be sure though, without seeing side-on views. I've almost completed my paper revising this genus (and am chipping away on a revision of Pseudoplesiops at the same time), and am hoping to submit it for publication later this year. Once it comes out, I might write a contribution for this group on the various species. (At this stage I'm recognising six species in Lubbockichthys, three of which are new. I'm struggling a bit with species limits in Pseudoplesiops, but there are at least 10 in that genus.)

Tony

please do share with us your new publication.

and finally we can put to rest this horrifying conundrum of pseudoplesiops vs lubbockichthys.

[Digiman]

oh and yes, they all not to expensive, just the aurulentus and the calloura are very pricey here in europe ..

aurulentus - 350€/ each and the calloura 2.000€ / trio - sounds not to much, but if you see that you should have a group..

I first bought 3 aurulentus to see if i can handle them and 3 weeks later 7 more ^^

If everything works i will buy the last 5 available ones from De Jong next month too :-) crossing fingers

here some more images of my aurulentus from yesterday:

The aurulentus is pricier because i believe they are from Coral Sea collected by Cairns Marine. They are different from the central pacific aurulentus that we used to get.

In fact i feel these coral sea "aurulentus" could likely be a new species!!

Your Pseudoplesiops rosae and Lubbockichthys multisquamatus appear to be two of my new species of Lubbockichthys. It's hard to be sure though, without seeing side-on views. I've almost completed my paper revising this genus (and am chipping away on a revision of Pseudoplesiops at the same time), and am hoping to submit it for publication later this year. Once it comes out, I might write a contribution for this group on the various species. (At this stage I'm recognising six species in Lubbockichthys, three of which are new. I'm struggling a bit with species limits in Pseudoplesiops, but there are at least 10 in that genus.)

Tony

It really upsets me when the fish i have been identifying as Lubbockicthys Multisquamtus and Pseudoplesiops Rosae are actually wrong and are undescribed.

Both are common in our hobby for years and it irritates me that they are still Lubbockicthys Sp.!!

I am relieved to hear that your paper is almost done. Pls share with us here. Time to end all the confusion surrounding these Lubbockicthys Sp.!!

[Digiman]

Hi, i set the temperature to 23,5°C (74,3°F) - feeding is very important, i feed 6x / day - sometimes more.

The aurulentus and the Raubaulichtys are quiet easy i would say, have them in the tank since 5-6 month and they doing really good.

But i found out, as soon as the temperature is a bid higher they didn´t eat well .. so i think this is one of the main raisons why they can make

problems.

Are the images to small? No idea why, but in my view they look like all other in the tread .. ?

I will let you know in some month how all doing.

23.5 degree is a very low temperature to keep your fish. Singapore climate is hot year round. Maintaing at 23.5 degree in our tropical climate means 24-7 condensation of glass surface and high electricity bill. Not feasible long term. As such most reefers here keep their tanks between 25 deg to 28 deg.

[Tony Gill]

The aurulentus is pricier because i believe they are from Coral Sea collected by Cairns Marine. They are different from the central pacific aurulentus that we used to get.

In fact i feel these coral sea "aurulentus" could likely be a new species!!

It really upsets me when the fish i have been identifying as Lubbockicthys Multisquamtus and Pseudoplesiops Rosae are actually wrong and are undescribed.

Both are common in our hobby for years and it irritates me that they are still Lubbockicthys Sp.!!

I am relieved to hear that your paper is almost done. Pls share with us here. Time to end all the confusion surrounding these Lubbockicthys Sp.!!

Sorry, but Lubbockichthys has been a challenging genus to sort out ... and it's just me doing the legwork. (That's the case for all of the pseudochromids - I've described around 1/3 of the 150 species, plus sorted out the identification of all the previously described species.) One of the main problems has been deciding which species to associate the name L. multisquamatus with. The holotype is somewhat intermediate between two species in some characters. It's interesting that you say they are both common, as that's not the case as far as museum specimens go. (I'm aware of only six specimens of one of the species.) As for the Pseudoplesiops rosae confusion - that's because aquarists and divers have depended on popular field guides rather than going to the more comprehensive treatments. I published a key to species of Pseudoplesiops in a readily available resource 15 years ago, which clarified the identity of P. rosae. In any case, I'll keep you posted on the progress of the paper. At this stage I anticipate it will come out around May next year.

[Digiman]

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[Digiman]

Tosana Niwae (10cm) for sale in Japan

[Digiman]

Rare Ghana Serranus Accraensis

[Digiman]

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