Post the rarest fish species you have personally seen!

C. rhomboidalis collected today. super fun out on the reef today.

im still in learning mode, so dont want to take the credit for the catching abilities, by my buddy who is obviously more skilled at the catching of fish.

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i got these two......too sure what the name is, or if it hits the trades or not.

someone please chime in on a fish id

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going for bellae and johnsoni wrasses in the morning. wish me luck:fish1::fish1:
 
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sedgro said:
How can you tell the difference? Either way, better fish to have on your plate than in your tank.

Love the rhomboid pictures. Are you collecting in the Marshall Islands?


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yes, in the marshall islands. ......
thanks for the fish id. no worries, i have a great return policy at my LFS :)

8:50 in the morning now, getting my dive gear together, getting my coffee. going out for the elusive Johnsoni wrasses.

should be a fun morning :beer:
 
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This was the rarest ive personally owned Blue midas blenny.It took me two years before i found one. Unfortunately i lost this fish a week ago...

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r-balljunkie said:
good day of collecting. missed out on the bellas, bad weather.

Here some Cirrhilabrus johnsoni and one more rare wrasse i forgot the name of.
i have three for myself, plus a scorpion fish.
from what i was told, im only the 15th or so person to ever collect them for hobby....not too sure if i can fact check this. their natural habitat is a bit puzzling. i know we like to put them in our fancy displays chock full of corals. their natural habitat is in the halmedia fields in an area that is only accessible twice a month, at low tide, as its close to the break between lagoon and ocean side. you would get tore up by the big waves if you attempted to anchor in the surf. crafty little buggers when your trying to net them.

i caught a juevenille titan trigger, let it go.

i think that anyone that ever balks at the price of a fish, think about what it really takes to collect 10 or 15 fish at 100' plus in the ocean, the transport, rebagging, transport, distribution, then display in LFS. what your seeing is the very front end of the hobby, collecting wise.

i used to complain that meh, 80 bux is waaaay too much for a stupid fish. end of the day, go ahead and try to go and get your own...you'll gladly pay 80 bux.

enjoy the pics.
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the experience itself is priceless
 
Happy to announce I just recently saw a beautiful large Clipperton Angel. I went to the Long Beach Aquarium, The Mandalay Bay shark reef, and a few other aquariums in search for a bandit angel. Its my dream fish and I am determined to acquire one some day. It was still nice to see such a rare specimen, the Clipperton Angel.
 
Seen a few Candy basslets but nothing else I can think of as rare, and I saw on the first post you showed a lookdown. Is that really considered rare? Because we have tons of them here in the Keys and Ive seen them around 2 inches and their streamers are so cool looking.
 
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They also have one at the Gatlinburg, TN one -- was there about 10 days ago,

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Also at the TN Aquarium. I was in a behind the scenes tour and they had them living in a shower stall from HD.
 
KeysKid said:
Seen a few Candy basslets but nothing else I can think of as rare, and I saw on the first post you showed a lookdown. Is that really considered rare? Because we have tons of them here in the Keys and Ive seen them around 2 inches and their streamers are so cool looking.
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At first I thought so, then I saw 500 of them in a public aquarium.

I don't think their considered rare now.
 
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