OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!

[Digiman]

he's got it!!!!!!

ONE GENICANTHUS PERSONATUS CAUGHT! however, still 5-6 more for credibility! it's going to taiwan.

but the 2 patches on the body concern me...

250ft is not shallow! I wonder how long he took to pull the fish up to the surface. It's not the easiest fish to decompress. Well all the best and happy to see tat this collection is a success. To those who can afford, envy!

[yikai]

250ft is not shallow! I wonder how long he took to pull the fish up to the surface. It's not the easiest fish to decompress. Well all the best and happy to see tat this collection is a success. To those who can afford, envy!

i wonder if he dare to needle it.

[Milch_Tan]

two very rare flasher wrasse that i'm posting again from Raja Ampat, West Papua.

Paracheilinus nursalim and Paracheilinus waltoni.

extremely nice wrasse there, have they been brought in b4? thanks

[yikai]

extremely nice wrasse there, have they been brought in b4? thanks

nope.

P. waltoni is found only in Raja Ampat, West Papua. P. nursalim is found on the southwestern side of Bird's Head peninsula, also in West Papua, and southeast to Triton Bay.

None have been caught so far and all photos are from the wild.

[Milch_Tan]

darn! hmm thanks for the fast reply!

[Terryz_]

i wonder if he dare to needle it.

I think it would be a better bet to slowly decompress it.. Needling to far too risky...

[yikai]

darn! hmm thanks for the fast reply!

welcome. too many rare and beautiful fish that cannot be obtained. so sian.

[yikai]

I think it would be a better bet to slowly decompress it.. Needling to far too risky...

if he brings it up slowly it would take many many many days. every minute spent there is like... 15mins decompressing? something like that. they mentioned it in the pacific abyss.

rob is proffessional. there is a video of him collecting and needling a juvenile bandit angel. but even then i don't think he dare to needle personatus. too risky you're right.

if die, it's 10k fly away.

[Terryz_]

if he brings it up slowly it would take many many many days. every minute spent there is like... 15mins decompressing? something like that. they mentioned it in the pacific abyss.

rob is proffessional. there is a video of him collecting and needling a juvenile bandit angel. but even then i don't think he dare to needle personatus. too risky you're right.

if die, it's 10k fly away.

Somemore the implication of bad needling doesnt come immediately.. :wacko:

[yikai]

Somemore the implication of bad needling doesnt come immediately.. :wacko:

yalah...

but the picture of that personatus have two marks on the body. i dunno if it signs of breaking down already!?

bandit angels always have these kind of patch. then slowly get worse and die.

if i were him i wont even dare hold it out of water like that. wait jump back into the sea!? LOL

or worse. jump on the boat and flip flip around. 10k fish like that omg.

[yikai]

some rare gobies for a change... seldom post pictures of gobies.

Elacatinus diguetti

[yikai]

Elacatinus chancei

wow i think this has got to be my favourite "neon" goby. the interrupted yellow stripe is quite alluring.

[yikai]

Elacatinus nesiotes

[yikai]

very rare and beautiful Priolepis semidoliata, from the Red sea, Japan, Australia, Johnston Atoll and Pitcairn. it is replaced by the very similar looking Priolepis farcimen in Hawaii.

[yikai]

A very rare shrimp goby. Stonogobiops medon. The only known holotype photo.

Apperently endemic to Marquesas

[yikai]

And of course the world famous, beautiful, expensive and rare goby, the Lotilia graciliosa. aka white capped shrimp goby. Found naturally with it's shrimp, Alpheus rubromaculatus.

the shrimp is perhaps, rarer than the goby since it's almost never collected with the goby.

[yikai]

Digi, have you seen such beautiful randall's anthias in all your reefing years before?

it's so beautiful that only a few days ago then i realised that THIS is Pseudanthias randalli. all the time see ugly dull females never would i imagine the super males to look this good.

[yikai]

THE MOST STUNNING PAIR OF Cirrhilabrus roseafascia I'VE EVER SEEN!

THE MALE IS OMG! this one is displaying a little. can see from the yellow anal fins which is normally white.

after seeing this, mine looks so female

[yikai]

2 beautiful pictures of Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis.

first one is by Dr. Tanaka, and the 2nd one, young male in Marshall Islands.

[yikai]

ROB DID IT AGAIN!

HE CAUGHT THE SECOND PERSONATUS ANGELFISH TODAY measuring 6.5'. all are females for now.

lying flat on the boat for a brief moment while the photo is being taken.

[yikai]

5 videos of Cirrhilabrus marjorie in the wild.

http://www.fishbase.gr/summary/videos.php?speccode=61859

click through all 5 pages to see. amazing footage. the last video (5), shows a deepwater coral beauty also.

[Digiman]

5 videos of Cirrhilabrus marjorie in the wild.

http://www.fishbase.gr/summary/videos.php?speccode=61859

click through all 5 pages to see. amazing footage. the last video (5), shows a deepwater coral beauty also.

In the 3rd video there's a small female pink fairy wrasse with yellow forehead in the background, u know wat's the fish?

[yikai]

In the 3rd video there's a small female pink fairy wrasse with yellow forehead in the background, u know wat's the fish?

my guess will be female C. rubrimarginatus since the video is taken in Fiji.

[yikai]

omg i just realised that other cirrhilabrus and paracheilinus in fishbase have videos too! like scott's fairy and rubricaudalis

all these videos are of them in the wild and sooo amazing

[yikai]

another pic of the super rare WHITE longnose butterfly. i think this white morph is seriously one in a billion

this time it's half yellow and half white. and it's a forcipiger longirostris this time. not the normal flavissimus.