Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 the closely related but similar looking sister species, Cirrhilabrus walindi. also, Cirrhilabrus marjorie at the top. superb photos of C. marjorie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 Cirrhilabrus randalli. rowley shoals endemic, looks like cyanopeura x luteovittatus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 Cirrhilabrus beuperryi. close relative of C. punctatus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 very good pictures of Paracheilinus rubricaudalis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 very rare Paracheilinus togeansis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 even rarer and holy grail, Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 last one. mega beautiful and new to me, Paracheilinus nursalim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member BFG Posted July 24, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted July 24, 2010 How much did you pay for the book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 How much did you pay for the book? few hundred dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digiman Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 few hundred dollars. A bit ex but v worth it, so many rare, interesting and beautiful wrasses. Tks for sharing it w us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 Genicanthus caudovittatus!! one of the 3 genicanthus i'm looking for. i've got to say the female is absolutely stunning in real life. it's snow white and the unpaired fins are tinged in a very very pale blue. gorgeous. male is nice but i prefer the female in this case. no photos of mine but here's what my pair looks like.... from the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 A bit ex but v worth it, so many rare, interesting and beautiful wrasses. Tks for sharing it w us. alot of very rare wrasses that i've not seen and heard of before. i'm now taking the time to read and learn. can borrow if you want. very worth it IMO... the money spent on this is much better than buying some stupid fish that may die. will post pics here later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 some interesting things to note re wrasses. Coris gaimad (the clown wrasse)is in it's own genus now aka Allocoris. whic means all the clown wrasse complex, including C. formosa, is no longer in Coris. the australian scott's fairy wrasse is now regarded a new species. it's DNA is different from the regular scott fairy and is now not regarded as a geographical variant. it's now Cirrhilabrus cf. scottorum likely the same for all exquisite wrasse variants. however this one not confirmed yet. Cirrhilabrus temmincki is endemic to japan only. all the "temmincki" we see in LFS, is not the real one. it's an unidentified sp known as Cirrhilabrus cf. temmincki. part of the temminckii complex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 Very beautiful photo of Paracheilinus attenuatus. colour abit saturated though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 one of the holy grails of flasher wrasse. Paracheilinus piscilineatus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 the REAL Cirrhilabrus temminckii, a japan endemic. male and female all others we see in our country are fakes. they are a new undescribed species lumped in the same complex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 blood stained fairy wrasse. Cirrhilabrus sanguineus this was originally about to be described by randall. however, cornic stole the information and published it in his small book as C. sanguineus. Randall was not credited and thus, he did not have the rights to name it. cornic named it sanguineus. once a name has been placed, it cannot be changed. unless it has to be moved to a different genus etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 Cirrhilabrus blatteus! another very beautiful one. red sea endemic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 Cirrhilabrus earlei again. found in palau. the first picture a very very beautiful specimen with a slight rhomboid tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 Cirrhilabrus walshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 Undescribed Cirrhilabrus. placed in the rubriventralis complex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 another undescribed rubriventralis complex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 yet another undescribed wrasse from the rubriventralis complex. Cirrhilabrus cf. morrisoni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 Cirrhilabrus katoi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 24, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 24, 2010 a page of Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus. colours are so saturated though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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