Holy mother of ....

That is insane!!! Did that fish make it? Some backround on this fish would be great!!! Is that one of Rufus's many insane grabs? T
 
It was caught by Rob a few days back. It definitely was an awesome pick, but unsure of how it is doing now.

That small of a fish always tweaks me out.
 
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cwoods8 said:
Not exactly bigfoot......but almost as mythical

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Awesome picture. What happened to this fish?
 
melanotaenia said:
How deep are these typically found? Do they adapt as well as the Borb. Anthias do to captivity???
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I just love answering my own questions!!! :rolleye1:

In case anyone is interested, I found this information that may be of interest to some who want to know more about this fish beyond a video and a picture of one in a bottle cap :)

Environment Benthopelagic; marine; depth range 43 - 260 m

Seem to be typically found surrounding the Northern Islands of Hawaii

And here is a post about them on the Glassbox Design Site:

http://glassbox-design.com/2008/rare-fish-odontanthias-fuscipinnis/

Please feel free to correct any of the information above if someone has more detailed or better information than what I have found in my own research.
 
Hmmmm, while we're not seeing many of these, I wonder if they'll be the new borbs....

I would love to see them be more common in the hobby in a few years with a more reasonable price tag.

However, my guess is no. As I recall, the Borbs we're seeing for cheap now are being collected from a different area in much shallower waters, and if the Fuscipinnis don't inhabit more shallow waters elsewhere, I doubt it'll happen.
 
skibum9884 said:
Hmmmm, while we're not seeing many of these, I wonder if they'll be the new borbs....

I would love to see them be more common in the hobby in a few years with a more reasonable price tag.

However, my guess is no. As I recall, the Borbs we're seeing for cheap now are being collected from a different area in much shallower waters, and if the Fuscipinnis don't inhabit more shallow waters elsewhere, I doubt it'll happen.
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They're probably found at lesser depth in the Northwest islands but it's not like anyone will be collecting there.

As for that tiny holanthias, wow! just wow :eek2:
 
Wow!

Rob usually gives the collection depth on the deep water fish, did he state how deep it was collected?
 
I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside. Run, he's fuzzy, get out of here.
-Mitch Hedberg

...sorry, couldn't resist when I saw the bigfoot pic. :D

jmaneyapanda said:
Yeah, that happens with me, Brian. You might see this too:

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Thats just me though. I was dumbfounded at their beauty. He wanted 900 each.
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