Today's Photos

[Jacky W]

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[Jacky W]

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[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Thanks Jacky,

Yours are beautiful and see the moments of their displaying colorations. Condei turns pinkish and partially with yellow.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

I got an unusual Cirrhilabrus last night and it is shown here. It has a distinctly shaped dorsal fin that cannot be seen in any other species in the genus. Also it has broad, longer and black pelvic fins. It was once shown as C. joanallenae in Kuiter, 2002 but we cannot see its dorsal fin there.

Jacky showed the same 'species' some time ago and now I am sure that it is a new one. Its size is some 75mm.

 

[Vili_Shark]

Tanaka san,
Dave Palmer of PAF Los Angeles had a specimen a couple of months back.
Another specimen showed in Hong Kong last days of December.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Thanks for the info.

Could you know the locality of capture ?

I just received an email from the Cirrhilabrus expert, Jack Randall and he said that it is a new species.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

I tried to take more but it rarely spreads dorsal fin.

The friend-owner of the shop in Miyazaki informed me that it has been collected in Java or Bali.

 

[Vili_Shark]

I will ask Dave Palmer and come back to you on this one, or maybe he can post here himself.

 

[IconicAquariums]

Dr. Tanaka,

these are all caught in Sulawesi, probably from the same collector. They used to have the picture on their website, but it is down now.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Many thanks, joetbs.

I received a message from the importer in Himeji, Japan, that it has been shipped from Bali. Perhaps it was once transported to Bali, but I do not know the correct location. Or several specimens from a certain area have been shipped to various exporters in Indonesia.

Also I hope to know the depth range.

Another male would arrive here tomorrow.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

I got the second male, some 70mm long.

It was also from Indonesian waters, but any other data in detail is yet to be available. Its dorsal fin is quite similar to that I got before and I am sure that it is a new species.

It is rather aggressive and very active now, swimming around the rocks and going up for foods while I am feeding the fishes. When it is threatened by other Cirrhilabrus or larger fish it spreads all the fins and the tail turns blue against the 'enemy'.

"We" decided to describe it as a new species and I should kill these rare beauties soon for examination. Now I am trying to take photos as many as possible.

 

[wrasseguy123]

very pretty Hiroyuki..you said that it is aggressive..is it as aggressive as the rubriventralis...the ones of thos that i have kept have always been pretty nasty..that dorsal fin is what i love about it..thanks for sharing

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Thanks. Yes, its dorsal fin is quite distinct.

Here is the shot of today. They ignore each other but sometimes chase other Cirrhilabrus for a short shole.

It seems closer to joanallenae rather than rubriventralis.

 

[wrasseguy123]

that is a very nice pic..i hope i can find one like that soon..i will have to keep my eyes open for one around here

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Here are some today's shots.

1 Genicanthus lamarck, 55mm. It does very well, and grew to this stage from 40mm long (last December).

2 G. bellus, juv. 40mm. It eats well, although I got it yesterday.

3 Cirrhilabrus species, male, some 70mm from Indonesia. An aggressive eater. The accurate locality is yet to be known.

 

[wrasseguy123]

i got these two new guys today and i will try to get more pics in the next couple of days...when the condei has its fins out and displaying..just pretty is all i can say..i have been waiting for the c. rubrisquamis for a couple weeks now looks like a nice one came in nice size also

the pics of the condei did not come out too good but you can get the idea

 

[wrasseguy123]

couple more pics i got..the condei has displayed alot but it has been on the back side where i can't get any good pics..hope to see that more in the open and get a shot of that becuase it is so sweet looking

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Hi, you got very nice individuals ! Also cool photos and thanks for your posting.

 

[wrasseguy123]

hi thanks Hiroyuki i think that the rubrisquamis came in very nice..the one that came in a few weeks ago was still a young one and was not as nice as this one..got a couple more pics and will try to post more of them in display if i could ever get a nice pic of that to turn out

 

[Anonymous]

Okay, what is the name of this one? I think I need to get one...

Peace,

Chip