Today's Photos

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

It is a male of Cirrhilabrus marjorie, just 80mm long, from Fiji.

It was described by Allen, Randalll & Carlson, 2003. Endemic to Fiji.

The first import to Japan. I got a pair of the species at the same time.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

The same male specimen.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Paracheilinus attenuatus, male 70mm (below) and Cirrhilabrus lunatus, male 60mm (above).

Attenuate Flasher Wrasse came from Kenya (rare) and the Lunate Fairy Wrasse was collected in Cebu or northern Sulawesi (rather rare).

 

[jason edward]

I am insanely envious!
Very, very nice.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Thanks a lot ! I was very, very happy to have got these fishes. I hear that some 10 spcimens were shipped to Japan, and you may find them on a web in the US. See the web.

http://www.qualitymarineusa.com/

This morning I took a photo of the pair.

 

[Len]

Wonderful photos as usual. The male has a koi-like appearance.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Thanks, Len. I am very happy to get such a rare beauty !

I hope to obtain Cirrhilabrus walshi, claire and earlei as well someday.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

C. laboutei, male 100mm TL from Vanuatu.

It eats well and is doing very well.

 

[Anonymous]

Very nice photos of the Marjorie Wrasse! 8O

Hiroyuki, is C. walindi ever seen in stores in Japan?

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Thanks.

No I have never seen C. walindi from PNG. I hope to see living specimens.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

I visited Kagoshima Public Aquarium that hols many huge aquaria. Kagoshima is located in the southern Kyuhsu.

This is a male of Pseudanthias rubrizonatus, 12cm long. It is fairly vommon in the sea of kagoshima and the male will often display like this.

Many males and females were there in a very large, dimly lit tank.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Today I got a pair of Cirrhilabrus species from Tonga, often called "Tonga Flame Wrasse". The male is about 75mm, and female some 50mm.

The first spine on dorsal fin is very conspicuous in male form.

It is an undescribed species that occurs also in Fiji; it will reach 100mm.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

I started to observe fishes at the yacht harbor and found manu juvenile butterflyfishes.

This is Chaetodon melannotus, 15mm long at the depth of some 30 cm.

I use FishDoc2007, too. It wiil be used in some Japanese webs.

 

[IconicAquariums]

Dr. Tanaka,

Do you have any native Cirrhilabrus to Japan like katoi or temmincki?

joe

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

No. I have never seen any endemic specie of Japan; C. katoi or C. lanceolatus.

C. temminckii is a wide-ranging species in the West Pacific and is sometimes caught in southern Japan for sale.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

It is Chaetodon lunula, 2cm long at the surface of the yacht harbor.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Heniochus acuminatus, adult pair at the depth of some 40 cm in the harbor near the wall. They are some 16-18 cm long and perhaps they survived cooler waters here in winter.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

I got a pair of Cirrhilabrus adornatus from Indonesia. The female (lower), 5cm is the very first import to Japan.

The male (upper), 7cm now is displaying with muchyellow coloration.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Today I got a male of Cirrhilabrus temminckii, 12cm.

It first was chased by other Cirrhilabrus but now it settled down and eats well.

Upper; displaying. Note the blusih tail and blue areas on side.

Lower; usual coloration.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

I saw three individuals of an unknown animal, perhaps a nudibranch but I cannot find it in any literature. They were slowly swimming near the surface in the yacht harbor.

One of them was some 40 cm long. I would greatly appreciate whoever can tell its name.