OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!

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Two weird flames one from blueharbor the other vanuatu:

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griffisi variant now.. not too fantastic though:

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coral beauty morph (from japanese site).. Another amazing morph!

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xanthic undulate (reefcentral) which sadly will fade back to normal:

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Now the tangs, a series of hybrid lemon from liveaquaria:

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ok here come the tangs:

scopas x yellow

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one more, from vanuatu:

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and finally this one, a sailfin variant which looks like zebra, another fish which i will die in peace if i own one!

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nothing bizarre or hybrid, some v v rare fish, mobrawyi (blueharbor owner):

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and this is the lengendary kingii (in a public aquarium):

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reli expensive and rare deepwater anthias, hard to even find pics on the net, the privitera (liveaquaria, near 1k):

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another pic of the super rare flavo butterfly (tinker's variant)

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side track too much, ok come back to the hybrid, a paler lemon hybrid again from liveaquaria:

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this one an old photo from reefcentral, still unknown what hybrid it is, regal x ??

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bicolor variant, special!

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wow all these fishes are really stunning !!

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Let's look at some pics of this rare and often confused species, all generally called as peppermint hogfish(to date only iwarna has imported 2 of the species).

Let's see in order of rarity, least rare first:

1) Bodianus sepiacaudus (Cebu, Marshall Island, source:liveaquaria, bring in by Iwarna twice named candycane wrasse)

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2) Bodianus Oercularis (indo-pacific, note the black rim tail that contrast with sepiacaudus, brought in by Iwarna once known as peppermint hog), photo source reefsanctuary and wetwebmedia

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3) Bodianus izuensis (cebu, deepwater and v rare, high price tag of US$350), photo source liveaquaria and aquafauna:

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4) Bodianus Masudai (NorthernPacific, Japan, Taiwan, the real Masudai Hogfish), photo source Manhattanreef and blueharbor:

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5) Bodianus Neoopercularis (a very rare color variant of opercularis), photo source Aquafauna and blueharbor:

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6) Bodianus Sanguineus (the holy grail of hogfish, endemic to Hawaii) photo source Waikiki, blueharbor:

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3) Bodianus izuensis (cebu, deepwater and v rare, high price tag of US$350), photo source liveaquaria and aquafauna:

This have been imported to local market before as normal hogfish at a price tag of less than $10... Haha...

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This have been imported to local market before as normal hogfish at a price tag of less than $10... Haha...

Yap most likely becos izuensis (also called candycane hog) is also found in the philippines, so that's why we may have got it cheap. But those caught in cebu and japan at great depth carry a heavy price tag. Nevertheless the fish is still deepwater and rare so the person who has bought the fish at less than 10 bucks should be proud of his possesion.