Rarities underwater

[joetbs]

i had a M. melannotis for a while that was about 36". great personality though. That coral is Madracis decactis Luiz.

 

[kinlayan]

Luiz , your pictures are astounding have you published a book yet?

 

[Luiz Rocha]

Luiz , your pictures are astounding have you published a book yet?

Ha, got that question before, no book... Between my job at the university and all the traveling I have no time for a book. Not to mention the financial investment

Now here is something different:

Taken at a clam farm in Cocos Keeling (Indian Ocean).

 

[Sheol]

Ok, I vote in favor of this thread, also. Usually I only vote on my favorite LPS threads, but I'll make an exception!

Matthew

 

[delphinus]

Wow, 5 minutes ago I didn't know the name "Cocos Keeling." Now I've read 4 different webpages about it, and I'm dreamin'/schemin' a way to get there for a vacation one day. Wow, wow, wow!!

 

[Luiz Rocha]

Wow, 5 minutes ago I didn't know the name "Cocos Keeling." Now I've read 4 different webpages about it, and I'm dreamin'/schemin' a way to get there for a vacation one day. Wow, wow, wow!!

Haha, I will tease you with a couple of topside photos then

 

[Luiz Rocha]

And a couple of fish from there:

Zebrasoma desjardini

Chaetodon madagascariensis

 

[Outerbank]

Wow, Luiz, the stunning photos never end!!!

 

[Big Country_IL]

Awesome pictures! Keep them coming...

 

[Ian]

Best thread in a long time!! :eek1:

 

[Luiz Rocha]

Just found a couple of Hawaiian endemic wrasses, I need to organize my files!

Coris venusta

Macropharyngodon geoffroy

 

[7hogwarts]

Amazing!!!!! Just simply amazing!!!!! Gets my vote.

 

[Outerbank]

I think I need a vacation!!!

Haha, I will tease you with a couple of topside photos then

 

[Johnny C]

Amazing thread, voted! Any pictures of the Moorish Idols?

 

[mak3mydae]

How come it doesnt eat those catfish looking things back there?

Time for a bunch of questions

What is this goby? It looks stunning! Does it pair with a shrimp? How come these arnt in the market?


This fish is amaing. Is it a red mandarin dragonet? whats the latin name? How come it isnt avail in the market

Thanks amazing pictures

 

[smb2]

How come it doesnt eat those catfish looking things back there?

Coral Catfish or Striped Catfish, Plotosus can have poisonous spines and the eel probably doesn't have them on its menu. I don't know what the orange file/trigger ?? is on the right hand side.

What is this goby?

By the " nostrils" looks like a Redeyed Shrimp Goby.

Is it a red mandarin dragonet?

Maybe Morrisons Dragonet, Synchiropus morrisoni.
Will leave those up to the pros.

 

[Korrine]

Fabulous photos!! :dance:

I LOVE THIS THREAD!! :celeb1:

any more photos?

 

[Luiz Rocha]

A few more Hawaiian endemics:

Canthigaster jactator

Chromis verater

 

[Korrine]

oo pretty.

that is a HUGE chromis species!!

 

[Luiz Rocha]

Oh noes, I am running out of rare fish pics... Here a little eye candy while I look for more, some of my best Anemonefish shots:

Amphiprion clarkii

Amphiprion frenatus

Amphiprion perideraion