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Here is an interesting one, Centropyge flavissima from Christmas Island:
Note the differences from the normal color morph below, especially the eye:
I have one of those in my tank, they are beautiful fish.
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I have one of those in my tank, they are beautiful fish.
joetbs
Zanza Zanza Zanzibar
Nice, I wasn't aware of this record, and I have a pretty good friend working in the aquarium trade in Fortaleza (Hudson Crisanto). Yes, it is now prohibited to export any of the Brazilian endemics... I am from Brazil and perfectly understand these laws, they look very nice on paper but there was ZERO research behind their creation. I did a bunch of deep dives along the NE coast (down to 70m) but never saw one there, I think I would have a heart attack if I did!
I have the PDF packed IBAMA made, its an interesting approach to hand them out with full color pictures and descriptions. Shame on some stuff though - they should just use smaller quotas, especially for Gobiosoma and other species that would be great for broodstock. I tried to get some G. randalli for ORA and no luck...
Do you have any photos of Doratonotus or the Brazilian Sea Fans?
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
I have the PDF packed IBAMA made, its an interesting approach to hand them out with full color pictures and descriptions. Shame on some stuff though - they should just use smaller quotas, especially for Gobiosoma and other species that would be great for broodstock. I tried to get some G. randalli for ORA and no luck...
Do you have any photos of Doratonotus or the Brazilian Sea Fans?
You may get some randalli from the southern Caribbean, the one that people used to call randalli in Brazil was recently described as a different species, Elacatinus phthirophagus.
I may have some seafan photos, and I am sure I have Doratonotus, but dead specimens only
they are hard to photograph! Problem is, they are all in slides, but I will try to scan some.Ah, those quotas are a joke, IBAMA had a meeting with the aquarium exporters and they were the ones that suggested the numbers, based of course on bogus numbers way over what they were exporting.
Mark
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Beaun
It's pronounced Bone
They're in a 180 gallon attached to the large reef tank, as Joe is trying to spawn them, and was worried the existing clarkii pair might be too rough on them at first... that's right... you need to worry about a clarkii pair being territorial even in a 20,000 gallon reef...
Good to know, I'll have to bother him and bring me back to see them next time i stop by. I'll tell you after seeing those clakiis in the reef, I would not doubt their aggressiveness, they defend their area like no other.
stunreefer
Reef Hugger
This is such a great thread, thanks for sharing Luiz! Wonderful pictures, I especially like the Serranocirrhitus latus you photographed... I have one at home 
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Now to the pygmy angels, the first three photographed in Palau:
Centropyge bicolor
Centropyge bispinosa
Centropyge flavicauda
Centropyge bicolor
Centropyge bispinosa
Centropyge flavicauda
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Very nice sharing my fish photos with people that appreciate it I've taken underwater photos for a long time, and people usually don't pay too much attention to my fish shots and are more interested in the "artsy" stuff, but what I really liking photographing is fish. I am glad I found an audience for them.
I've taken underwater photos for a long time, and people usually don't pay too much attention to my fish shots and are more interested in the "artsy" stuff, but what I really liking photographing is fish. I am glad I found an audience for them.
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Centropyge acanthops, Seychelles:
Centropyge eibli, Bali:
Centropyge vrolicki, Bali:
Centropyge eibli, Bali:
Centropyge vrolicki, Bali:
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Yes, keep forgetting about my Caribbean pictures, it's been so long since I dove there Gotta go back.
Centropyge argi, Belize:
Gotta go back.Centropyge argi, Belize:
Yes, keep forgetting about my Caribbean pictures, it's been so long since I dove there
Centropyge argi, Belize:
Stunning fish and photo :eek1:
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
I use a 105mm lens and a lot of patience for the buggers, but they are among the hardest to photograph. For example, last month I spent a week diving in Bali, there was a ton of C. vrolicki and I didn't get a single nice shot. Also, C. heraldi is very common in many places I went to, but I don't think I have any nice shot of them either... Ah, not to mention the worst of all, C. loricula....
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Most of my fish shots are with a Nikon D2x (12 megapixels) and a 60mm macro or 105mm macro lens. I use two Ikelite strobes and the camera is always in full manual mode (these strobes don't work in auto with my camera), it sounds complicated but is very easy to guess aperture/speed with practice. My housing is a Subal. You can get decent shots with a point and shoot, but they are much harder to get because point and shoots have that shutter lag (you press and wait half a second for the camera to shoot) and you end up with a lot of fish tail photos. SLRs (the larger cameras) don't have that lag and make fish pictures a lot easier to take.
I am looking into upgrading to something more modern (my setup is about 4 years old, ancient in the digital age), but Nikon is yet to come up with a more compact camera that has the same focusing abilities as the D2x. They have the D3x now, 24 megapixels, but that's way too expensive (8k :eek1
and I will only "upgrade" if it is to something smaller...
