Mystery Deepwater fish

[Jordani]

What is the genus of these deepwater fish?

 

[philter4]

The first pic is of the soapfish, Aulacocephalus temmincki, I know the other one, I just can't think of the scientific name, but I've seen them called goemetric hawk.

 

[sedgro]

2nd is Belonoperca pylei - Brian Greene used to collect them with rebreathers in Micronesia and sell them at a website called twilightaquatics.

 

[Matt_Wandell]

You guys are good.

Hi Phil!

 

[Jordani]

2nd is Belonoperca pylei - Brian Greene used to collect them with rebreathers in Micronesia and sell them at a website called twilightaquatics.

How much did they go for?

 

[Ian]

2nd is Belonoperca pylei - Brian Greene used to collect them with rebreathers in Micronesia and sell them at a website called twilightaquatics.

is that the 'Dr. Seuss' Fish?

 

[LargeAngels]

Yes, the 'Dr. Seuss' fish. I think Brian was selling them for $1,000.

 

[skibum9884]

The 2nd guy is really cool. Anyone know if he'll be collecting more of them?

On second thought, I wonder how they'd do in a reef. I have a feeling they might eat everything in sight once they put some size on!

 

[Jordani]

Yes, the 'Dr. Seuss' fish. I think Brian was selling them for $1,000.

Olny $1,000, I was expecting $3000!

The 2nd guy is really cool. Anyone know if he'll be collecting more of them?

On second thought, I wonder how they'd do in a reef. I have a feeling they might eat everything in sight once they put some size on!

Surprisingly fishbase and EOL said that they olny grow to 2.5" I think something might try to eat them instead.

 

[copps]

I saw one of those Aulacocephalus last year at a shop in Japan... what an awkward looking fish, but very striking...

That Belanoperca Rich Pyle (who discovered it and is its namesake) is so proud of... he's finding it all over the Pacific (at depth of course)... Rich collected one on the trip to the Cook Islands that netted the first three peppermint angels and two narcosis angels... all six of these fish made their way back and survived to see the small aquarium in Rich's apartment in Honolulu back in 1989... For those interested... the only other fish in the Belanoperca genus is available, and on sale... at Blue Zoo...:bum: unfortunately it's Dr. Seuss in black and white...

http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productdetailcc.asp?did=11&cid=331&pid=5429

We'll never see B. pylei again for anything close to $1000. Brian Greene got married and moved to Yap... he used to run Twilight Aquatics from where he lived in Oahu Hawaii, and offered some fish from his trips back home to where he grew up in Micronesia... you could occasionally see him on the Discovery Channel though...