genicanthus semifasciatus

[FIREFISHPAT]

Here's my guy. In Qt tank...

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. Not much information on these fish. Would like to know more about this fish. I gotten very crazy about true japanese swallow tail.

 

[bullitr]

They are easy once acclimated and quite aggressive for a shallowtail

I have my pair for a while now 2-3 years. the first few batch that I got 6 years ago was not very good, I think they are caught using cyanide.

 

[myerst2]

What about this variation? Forgot where I got the pic from.

 

[copps]

What about this variation? Forgot where I got the pic from.

Not a variation... that's Genicanthus semicinctus from Lord Howe... the Dallas World Aquarium actually did a collection at Lord Howe many years ago (15 or 20 I believe) and obtained this species... the last female they had just died a few years back... this is the same aquarium that has the nicest specimen of semifasciatus I've ever seen... the one pictured above that was collected in Japan... the orange is like a traffic cone!

I still have my semifasciatus that I have pictured above from five years ago... now in my 1300 gallon display...


Copps

 

[copps]

Here's a semicinctus female... more unique than the male... endemic to Lord Howe Island (one specimen was documented as a waif elsewhere)... just seven miles long... the land of Chaetodontoplus ballinae and Amphiprion mccullochi... and plenty of conspics too...

 

[myerst2]

Thanks Jonh. Long time since we chatted. Hope all is well with you and family!