ID The Fish Thread

[reef_research]

wait, i think i got it...

 

[Peter Schmiedel]

Thomas,

LOl but probably they are the same kryptic as Caracanthus

 

[Chasmodes]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8643626#post8643626 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reef_research
sarcastic fringehead

We have a winner! There is a cool set of videos showing them in breeding form defending their territories. Very cool fish:

http://www.oceanfootage.com/stockfootage/Fringehead_Fish/

 

[reef_research]

maybe peter, but do you know the name??

 

[ClamIAm]

It looks like Caracanthus madagascariensis

 

[Peter Schmiedel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8651192#post8651192 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reef_research
maybe peter, but do you know the name??

sure I do : Caracanthus madagascariensis

I have some and did keep C. unipiniata before

 

[Chasmodes]

Cool fish! One thing that I've noticed about myself when researching these types of things is that I wind up finding more cool fish for my wish list! I've learned a lot too, found species on the web that I've never seen before, etc.

What's the next fish?

 

[PITSTOP]

I took this pic in a LFS in Milford, CT (Bob's Exotic Coral and Fish) a few days ago:

 

[SDguy]

Very yellow queen angel Holocanthus ciliaris....can anyone suggest a locale?

 

[PITSTOP]

No, it is definately a hybrid...

 

[SDguy]

OK, here's one:

And one I wish I could ever find in a fish store:

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8656001#post8656001 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PITSTOP
No, it is definately a hybrid...

You mean a queen/blue hybrid, aka "townsendi"? I don't think so. The "crown" is full size, there is the full amount of both shades of blue where the dorsal and anal fins meet the caudel peduncle. And it's tough to see inthe pic, but looks like full amount of blue at he base of the pectoral fins. Just a beautiful yellow queen, IMO.

 

[Chasmodes]

I know it's been a long time, but I came upon this thread again doing a different search on blennies, and thought it would be fun to continue. Plus, SDGuy never got an answer, so I thought I'd give it a try.

And one I wish I could ever find in a fish store:

OK, it only took me 9 years to answer this one, LOL:

Lotilia klausewitzi

Which, I'm sure everyone knows by now. I happened to cross this thread on a search for something else and remembered that I saw this fish on the Diver's Den. It sure is perty!

OK, here's one:

Wow, this one has me stumped...very difficult. Again, took me 9 years to even respond! Flagfin prawn goby maybe? Mahidolia mystacina?

 

[SDguy]

Plus, SDGuy never got an answer, so I thought I'd give it a try.

OK, it only took me 9 years to answer this one, LOL:

Lotilia klausewitzi

Actually, look at the defined eye ring spot on the dorsal fin.... it's Lotilia graciliosa in my pic.... still not seen in the trade

 

[Chasmodes]

Yeah I noticed that red ring but wasn't sure if it was a different species... I almost posted it as graciliosa...I lose this round. Kewl fish though, but wow, a lot of $! Hopefully it will show up in the trade some day for you!

I will have to come up with another good puzzle to revive this game.

One thing that I like about trying to solve such mysteries is that I learn lots of new tidbits of fishy info during the research.

Sorry it took me so long to guess!