Rarities underwater

[Luiz Rocha]

Hmmm... I haven't posted in this topic for a long time, here is a rare wrasse from the Red Sea, Minilabrus striatus:

 

[anaya]

Beautiful Photographs!! Can we see some of moray eel's

 

[rachenbrazil]

So nice ! Keep posting more fishes and habitat photos

 

[Luiz Rocha]

Can we see some of moray eel's

I thought I had posted some already, maybe it was in another thread. Here is a nice one, Muraena melanotis from west Africa:

 

[NyReefNoob]

luiz any more info on the Minilabrus striatus

 

[anaya]

Luiz,

WOW! Simply beautiful! The orange eyes are almost hypnotizing. I would love to see any and all if you have time to post them and are willing to. Thank you for putting these up so fast.

Antonio

 

[Ric365]

wooow :eek2::eek2::eek2:
very very beautifull fish
are it have a name ?

 

[rpjaws74]

awesome fish...

 

[Korrine]

definitely awesome fish! thank for continuing to post photos for us to drool over :inlove:

 

[maxxII]

wooow :eek2::eek2::eek2:
very very beautifull fish
are it have a name ?

Looks alot like Psuedoanthias calloura

http://glassbox-design.com/2009/aurora-anthias-pseudanthias-calloura/

Google the latin name and go to the reef builder dot com entry from Feb 1st of this year for some other great pictures of that anthias...

Nick

 

[Luiz Rocha]

New pics!

Pseudanthias bicolor

Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis

Both taken in Kona, Hawaii.

 

[Luiz Rocha]

And here some from Djibouti:

Amphiprion bicinctus

Chaetodon melapterus

Chaetodon pictus

Chaetodon semilarvatus

And a very odd looking Chaetodon austriacus, anybody seen one like this before?

 

[happyjack]

a few rare fish here

 

[SDguy]

Ugh, Luiz, I am drooling over those!!

 

[cas]

Luiz, very beautiful, thank you for sharing.

 

[r-balljunkie]

Sadly, I am running out of rare fish photos!!! Still have a few though

Here is a nice little group of Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis that I photographed at about 40m depth in Kwajalein Atoll (Marshall Islands):

There was one nice terminal male taking care of this harem but I couldn't stay long enough at those depths to get a good shot.

Luiz,

Great thread and photography skills

These shots are remarkable...especially at these depths.

Your camera skills show great maturity. people dont know how hard it is to not end up with a bunch of fish butt shots. great action!

your diving resume is awesome as well, very blessed to have tanked up in so many places....im assuming all your work has been on tank air, and not rebreathers.

whats your current latest and greatest camera setup? any new toys?




looks like Brian G. is moving to hawaii in a week.....gonna lose a great "resource" on my end at Kwaj.



Here's a couple more to put on your list....these of course are Brians catches, just lucky enough to be hanging around when he caught these.

Not in their natural state....rather in a bucket
I hope im not spamming pics on your thread or RC for this matter, whereas i have them posted elsewhere too, but they seem appropriate here.

 

[coaltrain]

This is a great tread to look threw. All these great fish in the wild the way they like it.

 

[sealbeach1]

This is also the first read thru this post, Luiz and the rest of group that have posted pic's, A big TY...

 

[aandfsoccr04]

There was one nice terminal male taking care of this harem but I couldn't stay long enough at those depths to get a good shot.

This photo is magnificent. I can't believe so much beauty could exist in such a small space. WOW :eek1::eek1::eek2:

 

[r-balljunkie]

bump 4 an update!