New Cirrhilabrus???

[jason edward]

Can anyone tell me what this fish is???

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

It is one of the undescribed species. Has been collected in Okinwa, Taiwan and Cebu (Philippines). Brian Greene (of Marianas) and Hiroshi Senou (Japan) would name it soon.

It has been photographed in southern Japan including Izu Islands, Izu Peninsula, Shikoku, and Okinawa and also Cebu. A deepwater species of around 40-50 meters depth, and a relatively rarely sighted fish.

 

[jason edward]

Thank you Hiroyuki,

with good luck I should be getting one next week. More than likely from Cebu.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

It is good !

 

[Liquid4ce]

Gorgeous fish!

 

[Anonymous]

Hiroyuki,
This looks like a color variant of C. lanceolatus...is this the fish that was once confused with it?

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

It was once surely regarded lanceolatus (or being close to lanceolatus) by some, but now it is an undescribed one. This species has a prominent curved line on side but lanceolatus does not possess such a line on mid body. I think that this is rather closer to blatteus from the Rd Sea.

 

[jason edward]

Okay, so here we go

 

[jason edward]

one more

 

[Len]

Jason, gorgeous specimen and pics. That is an impressive dorsal. I wonder what it looks like displaying.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

A very nice specimen. How long is it ? Perhaps more than 8cm (?)

I hope you to take good shots of its free swimming. I really hope so.

 

[jason edward]

It is about 3 inches long (8cm).
I put it into our show tank, and will take pics as soon as I can. It took a bit of a beating by a P.cyaneus after intoduction, which surprised me considering the size of the aquarium. I also added a terelabrus sp, cos they're cool and unerestimated!!!