Today's Photos

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

I saw an unusual frogfish today and here it is.

It is 12 cm long, and they do not know where it came from.

 

[wrasseguy123]

that is a really cool looking fish...this guy in this pic is still one of my favs!!!

 

[wrasseguy123]

Tanaka this possum wrasse has done very well in my tank with fairy and flashers..and with suck bright lights that i have..i do have plenty of caves and spots to hide but he is out in the open alot..i have even seen him swim with the lineatus..wish i had my camera at the time..but here is a nice pic i got of him

 

[waterfaller1]

Awesome photos! This was a fascinating thread, seeing all the diverse fish that visit a simple harbor! Thank you for sharing Mr Tanaka & wrasseguy. 8)

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

wrasseguy,

It is a very secretive and retiring fish as far as I know but yours is a very good individual. It will be soon named.

Thanks, waterfaller !

 

[jason edward]

Is this Wetmorella triocellata?

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

No, it is an undescribed one. I have sent two specimens to Dr. John Randall of Hawaii who will name it soon (in aqua, Italy).

 

[Anonymous]

The anal fin looks different...anything else we should be looking at?

 

[wrasseguy123]

here is two new pics i took

 

[wrasseguy123]

got these pics of my laboutei displaying..when it is just actintics on he goes nuts and displays alot..it does not last near as long as when my other fairy wrasses display so it is very hard to catch but i got a few nice pics of it enjoy!!!

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Thanks Wrasseguy,

Your pics are getting better and better. I hope you will maintain them without any trouble.

 

[wrasseguy123]

thank you H. Tanaka it has been alot of work trying to get a my pics better and i still have some work to do on it..the mix that i have in that tank now seem to be doing very well..no fights a little dispalying ast each other every now and then but nothing real bad..i am thinking of adding one more..i really like the C. rubripinnis alot..for some reason they have always been one of my favorites..not near as much color as the lineatus of laboutei but just as pretty

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

You keep many beautiful fishes and I hope you could get rubripinnis in a large male form.

 

[wrasseguy123]

thank you Hiroyuki and i also hope i get rubripinnis as a large male..my lfs is looking for a large one and it needs to be to hold its own with the others i got..i had one before but it died on me...maybe i will get lucky and get the unnamed one out of Sulawesi..the blue on its under side and the anal fin is so pretty!!

 

[wrasseguy123]

got these of my lineatus today..wish i could have got the whole fish in the first pic but he was moving so fast and that was all i could get but still got a nice shot of his head and i have noticed that in the past month or so that when not displaying that his anal and dorsal fins have become a real bright orange

 

[wrasseguy123]

a few pics of my new fairy..i think it is a samll c. rubripinnis not sure though

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Thanks for your postings of nice pics.

I got a parrotfish, juvenile that is said to be hard to keep, but mine is eating fairly well.

 

[Pavaphon]

It already changed the genus from Cetoscarus?
My friend kept it for 4 year, and it already changed it color.

 

[Jacky W]

Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka,

Can you help me to identify this fish?

It seems that it is a Juvs Cirrhilabrus Joanallenae, but it has a strange tone of yellow... :?:

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Jacky W,

It is a female of Cirrhilabrus species (probably unnamed) from Kenya and adjacent waters.

It seems close to rubriventralis, morrisoni and joanallenae.

It would be named by Allen soon with several specimens sent by me.