OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!

[Digiman]

Lemon, since pintail wrasse is from cebu philippines, i think it's high time u email your friend if he can bring it in for us.

[yikai]

The diver collector in this photo, Rob Lower (nick scubarob on RC), died yesterday due to deep dive maladies after a collection trip in Kauai Hawaii. RIP.

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omg!

i woke up this morning and saw his face on reefbuilders, and thought he caught another one. i was so happy and was going to post here!

until i read slowly and found out that he died.

although i don't know him, his smile is very endearing and he seems like a nice man. i've seen a video of him catching a juvenile bandit angel before and he was very happy. he definitely loves his job and it was a shame to have lost someone like him.

R.I.P

here's some videos of him in action.

[yikai]

Lemon, since pintail wrasse is from cebu philippines, i think it's high time u email your friend if he can bring it in for us.

it's super rare right? will e-mail him, let him know

[yikai]

Tosanoides flavofasciatus in the wild.

[yikai]

difference between 4 very similar butterflies. although all 4 are similar looking, each pair are similar looking towards their own.

Chaetodon falcula, C. ulietensis.

Cheatodon oxycephalus, C. lineolatus

C. falcula differs from C. ulietensis by having two smaller saddles in the yellow region. Ulietensis has two very large black saddles and no yellow on the body.

Oxycephalus has a spot on it's head. Lineolatus does not.

common fishes but always mistakenly ID-ed. gorgeous all of them nonetheless.

[lcf425]

Lemon, since pintail wrasse is from cebu philippines, i think it's high time u email your friend if he can bring it in for us.

wow this is a nice wrasse^^ any idea how much and can it be bought?

[yikai]

wow this is a nice wrasse^^ any idea how much and can it be bought?

as of now, unobtainable.

only a few have been caught and shipped to US or Japan.

very expensive and very rare.

[yikai]

more pictures of the pintail fairy.

they come out of Cebu, Japan and Taiwan.

Hopefully we will get to see it accidently shipped from Cebu via Philippines shipments at CF, iwarna or ah beng.

[yikai]

Another very rare fairy that i hope to see one day.

C. tonozukai

[yikai]

Aussy hooded wrasse flashing and spawning.

[Terryz_]

more pictures of the pintail fairy.

they come out of Cebu, Japan and Taiwan.

Hopefully we will get to see it accidently shipped from Cebu via Philippines shipments at CF, iwarna or ah beng.

Very unlikely due to the bright color it have... it would have been taken out already..

[Terryz_]

Aussy hooded wrasse flashing and spawning.

How come this aussy hooded look so ugly...

[yikai]

Very unlikely due to the bright color it have... it would have been taken out already..

not true.

in US, these specimens are obtained either from Liveaquaria or wholesale centers.

some lucky wholesalers will bring in by accident the big colourful males. but often, juvenile ones are brought in which are less colourful and look like juvenile flasher wrasses.

juvenile is still good as it's still very rare and can grow to bigger males.

just like when naokoae first came in by accident.

[yikai]

How come this aussy hooded look so ugly...

i dunno.

[Terryz_]

not true.

in US, these specimens are obtained either from Liveaquaria or wholesale centers.

some lucky wholesalers will bring in by accident the big colourful males. but often, juvenile ones are brought in which are less colourful and look like juvenile flasher wrasses.

juvenile is still good as it's still very rare and can grow to bigger males.

just like when naokoae first came in by accident.

Ya.. Just hope lor.. But Naokoae is from Bali shipment????

[yikai]

Ya.. Just hope lor.. But Naokoae is from Bali shipment????

yeah. naokoae is found in indonesia. not philippines.

the exact location of naokoae is not certain yet although ppl speculate sumatra.

[yikai]

New book worth getting!

This book showcases very rare fishes endemic to tahiti and nearby islands and include many rare fish photos such as

Pseudanthias hiva, P. regalis, P. mooreanus, Apogon lativittatus, Mulloidichthys mimicus, Chaetodon smithi, Genicanthus spinus, Paracirrhites nidus, Chromis abrupta, C. flavapicis, C. pamae, Dascyllus strasburgi, Plectroglyphidodon sagmarius, Coris hewetti, C. marquesensis, Pseudolabrus torotai, Stethojulis marquesensis, Scarus koputea, Alticus simplicirrus, Amblyeleotris marquesensis, Stonogobiops medon, Trimma woutsi, Acanthurus reversus, and Canthigaster marquesensis

also FIRST EVER live photographs of Hemitaurichthys multispinosus and Labropsis polynesia

[yikai]

Misbar maroons

[yikai]

very beautiful tinkeri butterflyfish.

[vt_snowman87]

Another very rare fairy that i hope to see one day.

C. tonozukai

looks like close cousin of my rubripinnis.. with the exception of dorsal fin?

[yikai]

looks like close cousin of my rubripinnis.. with the exception of dorsal fin?

tonozukai looks very similar to rubripinnis, but has an elongated dorsal fin similar to whip fin fairy.

it's found in malaysia and indonesia if i'm not wrong, but we never see them here. they used to be very commonly shipped to japan but lately, they don't get them even at japan too.

don't know why.

[vt_snowman87]

tonozukai looks very similar to rubripinnis, but has an elongated dorsal fin similar to whip fin fairy.

it's found in malaysia and indonesia if i'm not wrong, but we never see them here. they used to be very commonly shipped to japan but lately, they don't get them even at japan too.

don't know why.

ooohh ya.. the flashing dorsal fin definitely makes the mark.. interesting wrasse..

on a side note, been trying to trap my 2 rubripinnis for nights.. still futile..

[yikai]

ooohh ya.. the flashing dorsal fin definitely makes the mark.. interesting wrasse..

on a side note, been trying to trap my 2 rubripinnis for nights.. still futile..

why want to trap lei?

[vt_snowman87]

why want to trap lei?

the 2 males are not working out.. one is constantly being subdued and chased.. this one has lost its bright red on its fins.. doesnt even flare anymore.. the other dominant one just keeps getting bigger, though its bright red on fins still there..

[yikai]

the 2 males are not working out.. one is constantly being subdued and chased.. this one has lost its bright red on its fins.. doesnt even flare anymore.. the other dominant one just keeps getting bigger, though its bright red on fins still there..

the one being subdued is turning back to a female. that's why it's losing it's bright red on it's fins an doesn't flare or flash.