Digiman Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Huge Genicanthus takeuchii in the wild Here is a juvenile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digiman Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 And here is a hybrid takeuchii x semifasciatus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted September 13, 2013 Senior Reefer Share Posted September 13, 2013 Osopsaron formosensis Beautiful nano flathead goby (Max size 5cm) in Japan and Taiwan. However not available in the aquarium trade. speechless!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted September 13, 2013 Senior Reefer Share Posted September 13, 2013 Asterropteryx ensifera. from flickr user Klaus Stiefel. he reported finding groups of 10s of these hovering over sand bed at 10m depth in philippines. i have been patiently waiting for asterropteryx gobies for a long time. hope one day they arrive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted September 13, 2013 Senior Reefer Share Posted September 13, 2013 trimma stobbsi, shot at 70m!!! by the same flickr user. such a deepwater trimma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted September 13, 2013 Senior Reefer Share Posted September 13, 2013 anyone know the ID of this amazing cardinal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted September 13, 2013 Senior Reefer Share Posted September 13, 2013 more pics of common nano gobies and blennies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted September 13, 2013 Senior Reefer Share Posted September 13, 2013 not sure of the id. i think Halichoeres salmofasciatus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veliferium Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 anyone know the ID of this amazing cardinal? Apogon hoeveni Nice yellow cardinalfish! http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/3253_Apogon_hoeveni.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted September 13, 2013 Senior Reefer Share Posted September 13, 2013 Apogon hoeveni Nice yellow cardinalfish! http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/3253_Apogon_hoeveni.htm thanks for the ID! nice fish yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member peacemaker Posted September 13, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted September 13, 2013 What's the ID of that pink eyed yellow body goby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted September 13, 2013 Senior Reefer Share Posted September 13, 2013 What's the ID of that pink eyed yellow body goby? Bryaninops natans in the wild, lives in groups amongst sps branches and cave overhangs. obtainable but very seldom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryz_ Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Bryaninops natans in the wild, lives in groups amongst sps branches and cave overhangs. obtainable but very seldom. Both natans and yongei was offered at cf once only. And one of each and omg it is bloody small... natans live on sps and yongei on seafans.. v Quote Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted September 13, 2013 Senior Reefer Share Posted September 13, 2013 Both natans and yongei was offered at cf once only. And one of each and omg it is bloody small... natans live on sps and yongei on seafans.. v iwarna had natans before once, at moderate size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digiman Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 April 2013 Deepwater Okinawa fish collection (100 to 200m) Plectranthias sp. (V expensive perchlet selling at around 3k in Japan) Chaetodon Guentheri (a shallow butterfly that can also be found at depth over 100m) Odontanthias Borbonius (huge and gorgeous but usually does not survive the decompression maladies) Parapercis sp. (Suspected to be the rare parapercis katoi) Bodianus Leucostictus (v rare bodianus) Choerodon Robustus Cirrhilabrus Lanceolatus (absolutely gorgeous!!) Xanthichthys Lineopunctatus (very rare triggerfish, unavailable to the market outside of Japan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted September 14, 2013 Senior Reefer Share Posted September 14, 2013 the lanceolatus omg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTownJoe Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Parapercis sp. (Suspected to be the rare parapercis katoi) parapercis sp.jpeg Here's the holotype of P. katoi. There are some slight differences in the coloration of the dorsal fin and the red bars along it's side don't have the dark spots in them.. but it's pretty close. http://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/zoology/s2/08Randall_et_al.pdf "Parapercis katoi seems to be more closely related to a new species from Taiwan and southern Japan (Randall, in press) collected from depths of 80 to perhaps 400 m. It has essentially the same dentition and pattern of scales, a smooth preopercular margin, and is closer in coloration (Masuda et al., 1984: pl. 261, fig. B, as P. somaliensis). It differs from P. katoi in having 52–53 lateral-line scales, usually 17 pectoral rays, lacking a prolonged upper lobe to the caudal fin (total caudal-fin length 19.0–22.8% SL, compared to 24.4–28.8% for P. katoi), and having a shorter snout (9.6–10.3% SL, compared to 11.0–12.5% for P. katoi)." And the lanceolatus is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTownJoe Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Here's the holotype of P. katoi. There are some slight differences in the coloration of the dorsal fin and the red bars along it's side don't have the dark spots in them.. but it's pretty close. http://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/zoology/s2/08Randall_et_al.pdf "Parapercis katoi seems to be more closely related to a new species from Taiwan and southern Japan (Randall, in press) collected from depths of 80 to perhaps 400 m. It has essentially the same dentition and pattern of scales, a smooth preopercular margin, and is closer in coloration (Masuda et al., 1984: pl. 261, fig. B, as P. somaliensis). It differs from P. katoi in having 52–53 lateral-line scales, usually 17 pectoral rays, lacking a prolonged upper lobe to the caudal fin (total caudal-fin length 19.0–22.8% SL, compared to 24.4–28.8% for P. katoi), and having a shorter snout (9.6–10.3% SL, compared to 11.0–12.5% for P. katoi)." And the lanceolatus is ridiculous. Oops, I spoke too soon. Parapercis are extraordinarily difficult to ID, with there being dozens of species with very similar color patterns. A clearer photo of this specimen would make identification easier. This is P. randalli. Which looks a lot like P. katoi, but it has red dots in the dorsal fin and is lacking the dark spots on the lateral bars. A better match for our specimen, I think. There's also the recently described P. rubromaculata, which differs from P. randalli mostly in the coloration of the caudal fin. In randalli there are dark blotches, whereas rubromaculata has red spots. Looking at the photo of our specimen it seems there's a dark blotch in the middle of the caudal fin that would correspond to the dark blotches in P. randalli. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/60/60rbz163-172.pdf http://fishdb.sinica.edu.tw/pdf/809.pdf?PHPSESSID=d6d3bj7fattmm0170ji5c9huk4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digiman Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Oops, I spoke too soon. Parapercis are extraordinarily difficult to ID, with there being dozens of species with very similar color patterns. A clearer photo of this specimen would make identification easier. This is P. randalli. Which looks a lot like P. katoi, but it has red dots in the dorsal fin and is lacking the dark spots on the lateral bars. A better match for our specimen, I think. There's also the recently described P. rubromaculata, which differs from P. randalli mostly in the coloration of the caudal fin. In randalli there are dark blotches, whereas rubromaculata has red spots. Looking at the photo of our specimen it seems there's a dark blotch in the middle of the caudal fin that would correspond to the dark blotches in P. randalli. Parapercis is extremely difficult to ID. The pics on fishbase and on the net all look very very similar. I always give up trying to ID parapercis. There is no other clearer pic i can find of that parapercis. Here is another pic of another parapercis sp in a QT. Here is another parapercis sp i posted before. It belongs to another japanese reefer. It looks to be the same species as the one above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digiman Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Here is another parapercis in a Japanese LFS. This fish is labelled Parapercis sp 2 by the LFS. There is a parapercis that i always could not ID. It's very common in our indo shipment and i see it always at one of the LFS here. Dejong Marine has it before and they also labelled it as Parapercis sp. Here is a pic of the fish: Joe, do you think the above is P.Schauinslandi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digiman Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Caribbean Schultzea Beta Hope to see this fish come in one day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCK Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Somebody pull in the parapersis! Any sp is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTownJoe Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Here is another parapercis in a Japanese LFS. This fish is labelled Parapercis sp 2 by the LFS. para 2.jpg There is a parapercis that i always could not ID. It's very common in our indo shipment and i see it always at one of the LFS here. Dejong Marine has it before and they also labelled it as Parapercis sp. Here is a pic of the fish: para cf.jpg Joe, do you think the above is P.Schauinslandi? The first one looks to be P. multifasciata. The second photo, from what I can make out in a dorsal view, looks like P. schauinslandi. This species seems to display an unusual amount of color variation... but without better photos I can't even be sure that those two specimens are the same species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryz_ Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Here is another parapercis in a Japanese LFS. This fish is labelled Parapercis sp 2 by the LFS. para 2.jpg There is a parapercis that i always could not ID. It's very common in our indo shipment and i see it always at one of the LFS here. Dejong Marine has it before and they also labelled it as Parapercis sp. Here is a pic of the fish: para cf.jpg Joe, do you think the above is P.Schauinslandi? This sp is Parapercis multifasciata.. Quote Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryz_ Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Caribbean Schultzea Beta schultzea.jpg Hope to see this fish come in one day! CF had before.. It is like ikan bilis.. but not so small. Lol.. Quote Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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