Narcosis, who got her??
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MikeandNicole
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Wow that is a really nice angel.
Wow that is a really nice angel.
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humaguy
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not sure it would have made it to dd if copps wanted it...
thinkin wayne... and if so, would love to see pics of her next to his interruptus...
but really want to see pics regardless of who got her....
a steal of a price too,lol...the others that were caught with this one sold for 18k overseas...
thinkin wayne... and if so, would love to see pics of her next to his interruptus...
but really want to see pics regardless of who got her....
a steal of a price too,lol...the others that were caught with this one sold for 18k overseas...
nope...this was caught by different people than those sold in Japan few months back......
then you missed those news....
all those made into japan(one was gifted to waikkiki aquarium) are caught by rufus kimura and his friends,somewhere near tahiti....there was a thread here if you search..
this one was caught at cook island..by a so called 'outpost' of Quality Marine...
copps
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Hey guys, I did not get this fish... although I know who did. At MACNA I let Kevin know of an interested serious buyer, and it worked out... We had this discussion at the banquet, just before Kevin received the highest honor in this industry... one given to just one person each year... Kevin Kohen was very deserving. Everyone has nothing but great things to say about Live Aquaria, but few people realize that Kevin is the driving force and brains behind this success... I know a lot of people in this industry... some I respect much and some less... Kevin is right at the top of the list... and on top of that a genuinely nice person... he deserves some serious props!!!:beer:
As I said in another thread this fish was sold in the states for a relative bargain... me, Koji, and Kevin were sitting and talking at MACNA when Kevin nearly fell off of his chair after finding out what Koji sold two narcosis for... 18K a piece. These specimens were indeed collected in "French Polynesia" by Rufus Kimura. While they were only recently officially documented there it's been known for some time... I was at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii in 2007 when Rich Pyle showed me an email and photo taken by a rebreather diver in Rangiroa (not to be confused with Rarotonga... far away!) at something like 300 or 400 feet asking about a fish... it was Centropyge narcosis!!!
The specimen the DD got was collected at Rarotonga this past July in the Cooks by the same ichthyologist on the same reef as the holotype specimen... 23 years later!! Rich Pyle was at Rarotonga on a joint project between the University of Hawaii and Bishop Museum to survey the deep reefs in more detail than they had previously... the narcosis he collected and gave to Chip at his station there... Chip then sent it to Quality Marine and then it ended up at the DD... no surprise there!
Here's a video their group took... the first ever to show Centropyge boylei and C. narcosis in their natural habitat together...
http://youtu.be/Rqa2lZ6iiZM
Copps
As I said in another thread this fish was sold in the states for a relative bargain... me, Koji, and Kevin were sitting and talking at MACNA when Kevin nearly fell off of his chair after finding out what Koji sold two narcosis for... 18K a piece. These specimens were indeed collected in "French Polynesia" by Rufus Kimura. While they were only recently officially documented there it's been known for some time... I was at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii in 2007 when Rich Pyle showed me an email and photo taken by a rebreather diver in Rangiroa (not to be confused with Rarotonga... far away!) at something like 300 or 400 feet asking about a fish... it was Centropyge narcosis!!!
The specimen the DD got was collected at Rarotonga this past July in the Cooks by the same ichthyologist on the same reef as the holotype specimen... 23 years later!! Rich Pyle was at Rarotonga on a joint project between the University of Hawaii and Bishop Museum to survey the deep reefs in more detail than they had previously... the narcosis he collected and gave to Chip at his station there... Chip then sent it to Quality Marine and then it ended up at the DD... no surprise there!
Here's a video their group took... the first ever to show Centropyge boylei and C. narcosis in their natural habitat together...
http://youtu.be/Rqa2lZ6iiZM
Copps
humaguy
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Hey guys, I did not get this fish... although I know who did. At MACNA I let Kevin know of an interested serious buyer, and it worked out... We had this discussion at the banquet, just before Kevin received the highest honor in this industry... one given to just one person each year... Kevin Kohen was very deserving. Everyone has nothing but great things to say about Live Aquaria, but few people realize that Kevin is the driving force and brains behind this success... I know a lot of people in this industry... some I respect much and some less... Kevin is right at the top of the list... and on top of that a genuinely nice person... he deserves some serious props!!!:beer:
As I said in another thread this fish was sold in the states for a relative bargain... me, Koji, and Kevin were sitting and talking at MACNA when Kevin nearly fell off of his chair after finding out what Koji sold two narcosis for... 18K a piece. These specimens were indeed collected in "French Polynesia" by Rufus Kimura. While they were only recently officially documented there it's been known for some time... I was at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii in 2007 when Rich Pyle showed me an email and photo taken by a rebreather diver in Rangiroa (not to be confused with Rarotonga... far away!) at something like 300 or 400 feet asking about a fish... it was Centropyge narcosis!!!
The specimen the DD got was collected at Rarotonga this past July in the Cooks by the same ichthyologist on the same reef as the holotype specimen... 23 years later!! Rich Pyle was at Rarotonga on a joint project between the University of Hawaii and Bishop Museum to survey the deep reefs in more detail than they had previously... the narcosis he collected and gave to Chip at his station there... Chip then sent it to Quality Marine and then it ended up at the DD... no surprise there!
Here's a video their group took... the first ever to show Centropyge boylei and C. narcosis in their natural habitat together...
http://youtu.be/Rqa2lZ6iiZM
Copps
Thanks Copps...
That award will be yours too!
You are invaluable to all of us...the depth of your knowledge is awe-inspiring, and your willingness to share is beyond generous...thanks for that...
TK
copps
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Well thanks guys! :rollface:
I've already planned this book... it won't be written until my four and seven year old are off to college... and will be a few hundred pages of the stories behind every species and my own personal experiences... it will cost a few hundred bucks and will sell worldwide maybe 100 copies after I dump a bunch of money in to publish it... but man will that be a sweet read for us nuts!:thumbsup:
Anyway, I've had the pleasure of owning a spawning pair of the Narc's closest known relative Centropyge colini... I just checked the dates... I got this pair in 2006!!! This is the pair originally collected in Fiji that Frank Baensch spawned so many years ago... I need to get updated photos of them... but here they are...
They still spawn nightly... after all of these years...
Such a unique species... acts just like the Narc in the video... so maybe not so unique after all!
Copps
I've already planned this book... it won't be written until my four and seven year old are off to college... and will be a few hundred pages of the stories behind every species and my own personal experiences... it will cost a few hundred bucks and will sell worldwide maybe 100 copies after I dump a bunch of money in to publish it... but man will that be a sweet read for us nuts!:thumbsup:
Anyway, I've had the pleasure of owning a spawning pair of the Narc's closest known relative Centropyge colini... I just checked the dates... I got this pair in 2006!!! This is the pair originally collected in Fiji that Frank Baensch spawned so many years ago... I need to get updated photos of them... but here they are...
They still spawn nightly... after all of these years...
Such a unique species... acts just like the Narc in the video... so maybe not so unique after all!
Copps
copps
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Booya... 102 copies!
Better yet, get an IMACSA going for next year and I'll tell them in person to you guys! I need to get some in water experience with the true "King" angelfish...:fun4:
