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Sorry guys, Pintail and lunatus wrasse are not available for sale. Reserved for parties who expressed interest via pre-order. These wrasses are rare and require special order and request from supplier directly. So only available in very small quantities. If interested, please express interest to fuel. Very difficult to obtain.

RVS past rarities. razor wrasses, a super weird seagrass Cheilio inermis, a gorgeous male Leptojulis cyanopleura (cf has females now), grammica dartfish!

Omg that shepardi is GORGEOUS!! so little markings and so intense orange! tanakai dottyback also gorgeous n rare! will keep a lookout for all this in future. that hideous genicanthus is a changing melanospilos that has yet to develop stripes.

ventralis at 18 red notes each. these are the coral sea variants of the ventralis anthias. only 3 females at LCK. female coral sea ventralis have a red streak on the back, where the purple meets the yellow.

tiny tinkers again! at PIA. everywhere except singapore.

gorgeous semi-melanistic longnose butterflyfish. these will not keep color and will revert back to yellow.

Rubrovittatus is rare from indo. Ahbeng and Henry rarely carry. Terelabrus sp from Maldives is v common and each shipment can hav excess of 10 pieces. Both suitable and nice candidates

Oh wow. Gorgeous melapterus butterfly!!! A v challenging species but how gorgeous!

Terelabrus rubrovitattus. long time no see!

I don't normally like fancy clownfish but this wild caught one is really nice!

gorgeous johnsoni pair

gorgeous aya also at BH. this was the two pieces that came in late last month. so healthy n gorgeous.

Beautiful new interruptus at BH. smallest one is 4.5 cm, largest is 9.5. the rest are 8.5cm. all except the tiniest one are retailing for 88,000 yen. about 1.1k. very affordable and good price if buy from there.

that chromis looks almost like a juvi personatus without the black. very angel like.

HUGE!!! can steam for CNY.

so nostalgic!! i feel like i am in his shop. brings back memories. some things have changed but the fish selection is still impeccable! i LOVE that aequalis wrasse!!

nahackyi angelfish is such a handsome species. the crown is many times bigger and more defined than multicolor. and you are right the body is that of joculator! nahackyi, hotumatua and colini are my 3 favorite centropyge,

beautiful! i love tigerpyges!

some pics of the nahackyi angelfish recently photographed and video in hawaii. Nahackyi angel is endemic to johnston atoll, a military base where no collection is allowed. however very rarely, they are swept in their larval stages to hawaii as waifs and settle there. there have been isolated documented occurences of nahackyi angels living in hawaii, and this is one of them. there are a handful around there and bruce carlson found some there too. anyway this one was found in a no collection zone in hawaii, so only pics. gorgeous isn't it?

beautiful lunula x auriga in the wild!

Hawaiian anthias in the wild, and a baby bandit also in the wild.

flashing tilefish are cheap and beautiful, but do note that the flashing will lessen in captivity. they flash the most when stressed or when communicating with each other. so don't be disappointed if it doesn't display the same color changing abilities when settled nicely in your tank. it's normal color is a light blue. and it will remain that color in a tank without flashing unless stressed. but still makes a nice fish to keep.

no updates on LCK's rare fish? Plectranthias pelicieri Armitagei angel! <----

a similar species found in new caledonia. probably started out as a geographic variant but developed distinct DNA over time. it's currently undescribed but recognized as a new species. the original collectors were quality marine. it is now tentatively labelled as Pseudanthias sp, and known as sunrise anthias. it is similarly colored and belongs in the lori-flavoguttatus. the female form is distinctly different from P. flavoguttatus.

poliorus looks like singapore angel but with a grey tail. it was only recently separated from the former. 400+ pages of comprehensive well documented cover of every rare fish that we know entering the trade and or in the wild. this hybrid thread is a valuable archive and cannot be lost!