Hotumatua, Debelius, Resplendent

John Dawe said:
Centropyge nigriocella is a real interesting fish. At the last MACNA I spent a lot of time talking to the PNG group, that fish is found on the north side of PNG so maybe they will find it on the south side where they collect. And with any luck maybe they can catch one.
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It's amazing John... this fish is found at Christmas too where there are many collectors and NOTHING! They're looking for it too! This species makes Centropyge aurantia look bold!
 
I never saw a C. nigriocella alive Copps, the only one I saw was dead after a rotenone station. I don't think there is any underwater photo of a live specimen, do you know of any? I've seen a couple of photos of them in aquaria but none in the wild. They are a very secretive fish.
 
Yes Luiz... I never thought about that but it's true... no photos from the wild! Even A. guezei can't say that! Imagine a species like nigriocella with a smaller range... just amazing!
 
btw copps,don't forget to upload those photos which can't be seen now in old threads,along with your brand new ones...take your time,but do it...:fish1:
 
Double Rainbow Passer

Double Rainbow Passer

What about the double rainbow passer? My Passer was a pain in the a** but I would put up with it for this one!

<a href="http://s1091.photobucket.com/albums/i386/ENTMogul/?action=view&current=blue-passer-angelfish.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i386/ENTMogul/blue-passer-angelfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Rainbow Passer"></a>
 
Passers usually aren't found at depth and wouldn't be an issue. Looks like a very healthy wild angel. That's what a large Holacanthus adult will look. We are accustomed to seeing adult angels in captivity that are almost always under weight to their wild counterparts. T
 
copps said:
On a side note, next week I'll be showing MANY new photos of my tanks... :)

Copps
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John,

Happy New Year to you and your family.

As many, you, your knowledge and your dedication amaze me. Keep on doing what you do. Its an inspiration to so many of us fish nerds.

...and congrats ;)

:thumbsup:
 
i have just found a rare angel name Genicanthus spinus i have never heard of any one know any thing about this angel
 
Did you get the fish? I would love to see a picture.
The common name for this fish is the Pitcairn Angelfish.

Do you know where it was collected? Cook Islands perhaps?

~Michael
 
michael_cb_125 said:
Did you get the fish? I would love to see a picture.
The common name for this fish is the Pitcairn Angelfish.

Do you know where it was collected? Cook Islands perhaps?

~Michael
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no i do not have one
i just fond the name on fishbase and was finding it interesting that it was not in this post
i was hopping some of the guys here has info on this fish
 
Jack Randall originally discovered, collected and described this species from the Pitcairn Islands... he described three of the ten Genicanthus species, including G. spinus, G. bellus, and G. watanabei, all in the year 1975. Rich Pyle along with Chip Boyle also found and collected this species in peppermint angel land at the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, and the specimens actually made it to market in Japan... it's also documented from the Austral Islands... I believe Rapa but that is just going off of memory... not as much of a looker as its close relative Genicanthus semicinctus... :)
 
copps said:
Jack Randall originally discovered, collected and described this species from the Pitcairn Islands... he described three of the ten Genicanthus species, including G. spinus, G. bellus, and G. watanabei, all in the year 1975. Rich Pyle along with Chip Boyle also found and collected this species in peppermint angel land at the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, and the specimens actually made it to market in Japan... it's also documented from the Austral Islands... I believe Rapa but that is just going off of memory... not as much of a looker as its close relative Genicanthus semicinctus... :)
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have you got a nice photo of the Genicanthus spinus? :)
 
Personally I love this species, even the "drably" colored female.

But hey, I like chromatically challenged fish....

spinus_male.jpg


spinus_female.jpg


~Michael
 
Yuri, do you have any of the angelfish books? There are many images of G. spinus... the ones Michael posted are Jack Randall's images of the holotype specimens from the seventies... Rich Pyle has a number of images of the ones he collected, and there are some Japanese images floating around of the ones that made it to Japan in the early 90s that met the same fate as the original peppermint angels... the great Yves Lefevre also has images of this species in the wild...
 
Not that I'm aware of... none have been collected since those few collected in the early 90s... and all I believe went to Japan...

Yuri, do you dive?
 
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