OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!

[yikai]

super rare but very ugly WI x argentatus

[Digiman]

v rare wrought iron x nippon

Wow! Super rare hybrid of two japanese endemics!

[Digiman]

Adult Serranus Chionaraia (2" in length caught at 300ft in Curacao)

Priolepis Hipoliti (Although can be found shallower, this one is caught at 200ft in Curacao, which is very deep for a priolepis)

[Digiman]

Rare juvenile Caprodon Schlegelii (100m)

Adult Caprodon are common foodfish in the market

[Digiman]

Baby bigeye niphonia in Japan ($160)

[Digiman]

Pseudanthias Nobilis (Japan variant of squampinnis)

Males

Female

[Digiman]

Rare Cryptocentrus Shigensis (Only found in Suruga Bay, Japan)

[Digiman]

Tosana Niwae harem

[Digiman]

4 beautiful japanese trimma

Trimma Anaima

Trimma Grammistes

Trimma Yanagitai

Trimma Caudipunctatum

[Digiman]

Cirrhilabrus Katherinae (Kashiwajima Island, 35m)

[Tony Gill]

Wah thanks Dr Gill! I did not know there are two color forms to Trachinops taeniatus.

Pic here for comparison

Normal form

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Red and yellow form

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Is it a locality variant? Or is it just aberrations in few individuals?

I have yet to see the red and yellow form in the trade.

I think it's just the odd individual that shows the red and yellow coloration. I've seen such individuals in the northern part of the range of the species (Byron Bay and Coffs Harbour, in northern NSW), but they have been recorded from much farther south by other people.

[Digiman]

Fishes of French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian islands

Bandit pair with hawaiiensis anthias harem

Rare Gymnothorax steindachneri (In main island hawaii it is only found very deep)

Very rare hawaiian flame angel

Weird sight: tinkeri butterfly found at very shallow depth

Super rare juvenile aurora basslet (5cm)

[yikai]

Fishes of French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian islands

Bandit pair with hawaiiensis anthias harem

FFS-Deep.jpg

Rare Gymnothorax steindachneri (In main island hawaii it is only found very deep)

Gymnothorax steindachneri.jpg

Very rare hawaiian flame angel

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Weird sight: tinkeri butterfly found at very shallow depth

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Super rare juvenile aurora basslet (5cm)

FFS2-L.aurora_Juvenile.jpg

i love the photo of the bandits with the shark behind!

[Digiman]

Bali Aquarich CB chrysopterus clown pair (chrysopterus is notoriously difficult to keep. kudos to Bali Aquarich for successfully breeding them!)

Uncommon african gem tang (Unlike mauritius gem, african gems are usually collected bigger)

[Digiman]

Rare angels of a taiwanese reefer

Xanthotis

aberrant asfur

old woman

armitagei

clarion hybrid

maculosus x koran

[Digiman]

V rare Labropsis Micronesia

[Digiman]

Aberrant Cirrhitichthys aureus

[Digiman]

Very rare Stalix Histrio (Harlequin Jawfish) in Japan. $400 each

[Digiman]

This fish is being kept by a Tai Wan Aquarist(Stanley Shen).

The picture is sent from him.

The way of keeping a large group of angel fish in a bare bottom tank is not accept by majority US reefer nowaday.

We can't denied that it is a traditional popular way of fish keeping in Hong Kong and Tai Wan.

No matter what this is really a rare beautiful fish.

Any expert can explain why Emperor angel is not likely to hybridize with other species?

This emperor hybrid has grown so big and beautiful!!

Video from Dr Chung.

[Digiman]

Chromis Bermudae (Bermuda endemic)

[Digiman]

A closely related species from Brazil. Chromis Flavicauda

[yikai]

a video of my tigerpyge. watch in 1080p HD

[Ihsan05]

[Ihsan05]

I think its gobiodon, but dont know the common name.

[yikai]

I think its gobiodon, but dont know the common name.

what an unusual Goby!

It looks like Gobiodon erythrospilus but that's just an educated guess. Its unusually yellow though.