Rarities underwater
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Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Oh, I take pictures of everything
For every one of these rares I have dozens of the common ones, hahaha... Thought about doing a book? Yes, but the time (and financial) commitment is too high 
seahorsedreams
New member
I would buy your book.
You should make an online ID guide. Just filled with fabulous pictures. Your gear is awesome and your skills make it purrrrrrr.
*cough*scorps*cough*
You should make an online ID guide. Just filled with fabulous pictures. Your gear is awesome and your skills make it purrrrrrr.
*cough*scorps*cough*
copps
Premium Member
Amphiprion tricinctus are beautiful... too bad clarkii complex pairs grow so territorial... my HUGE tricinctus pair of over seven years I recently donated to Joe Yaiullo at Atlantis in New York... along with a huge rose anemone...
I did get the first Indian Ocean lemonpeel sent to the states a few years ago... I can send some fin clippings from multiple specimens of those along with the other things we talked about...
Don't you have some St Paul's Rocks photos?
John
I did get the first Indian Ocean lemonpeel sent to the states a few years ago... I can send some fin clippings from multiple specimens of those along with the other things we talked about...
Don't you have some St Paul's Rocks photos?
John
Beaun
It's pronounced Bone
Do you know if Joe put them in the anemone tank or the reef tank? I'll have to stop by to check them out.
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Alright, you asked for it, starting with some Anthias...
Starting with the less pretty Pseudanthias squamipinnis photographed in Bali last month:
Pseudanthias smithvanizi photographed in Christmas Island, Indian Ocean:
Pseudanthias huchti also in Bali:
And the most beautiful of all, Pseudanthias pleurotaenia, Bali:
I will post more as I come across them... Will try to post only the pretty ones
Starting with the less pretty Pseudanthias squamipinnis photographed in Bali last month:
Pseudanthias smithvanizi photographed in Christmas Island, Indian Ocean:
Pseudanthias huchti also in Bali:
And the most beautiful of all, Pseudanthias pleurotaenia, Bali:
I will post more as I come across them... Will try to post only the pretty ones
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Don't you have some St Paul's Rocks photos?
Ah crap, don't remind me of that trip... I had only 4 tanks, so only 4 dives, there was no compressor in the island at the time, and I lost an ENTIRE ROLL of film during processing, the one that had the Holocanthus ciliaris morphs. Long story short, I have very few shots from that trip (and no queen angels to speak of). I am trying to schedule a new trip next year, I need some samples (and photos).
copps
Premium Member
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...
Luiz, has Prognathodes obliquus been found outside of St. Paul's Rocks yet? Sorry to hear about your troubles at St. Paul's Rocks... but that's four tanks more than any of us have had...
Beautiful anthias!
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Luiz, thanks for taking your time to post up such beautiful photos. I could look at more of these pictures all day, every day.
We won't get tired of them... so long as you dont get tired of posting them...
We won't get tired of them... so long as you dont get tired of posting them...
Cantonesefish
with active cooling
Do you get any photos of C. obliquus though?
joetbs
Zanza Zanza Zanzibar
Luiz, has Prognathodes obliquus been found outside of St. Paul's Rocks yet? Sorry to hear about your troubles at St. Paul's Rocks... but that's four tanks more than any of us have had...
they caught a few a couple years ago off of Fortaleza along with Guyanensis...
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
If those are the ones that showed up in the market they were from St. Paul's. They just said they were from Fortaleza because they didn't have the proper permits to collect at St. Paul's. As far as I know none were collected outside St. Paul's.
I didn't photograph any either
I was having a ton of trouble with my (then film) camera. I did collect a couple for the museum though, at 65m depth :eek1:
Iwishihadgills
New member
I think these are a couple of rare wrasses if not they are definatly unique.
joetbs
Zanza Zanza Zanzibar
If those are the ones that showed up in the market they were from St. Paul's. They just said they were from Fortaleza because they didn't have the proper permits to collect at St. Paul's. As far as I know none were collected outside St. Paul's.
I didn't photograph any either
it was caught 60 miles off fortaleza in 85m depth. there was only 1.
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
Nice, the top one is a Narrow-banded Wrasse (Hologymnosus doliatus) and the bottom one is a Torpedo Wrasse (Pseudocoris heteroptera), I don't think I have any underwater photo of these...
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
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!
Luiz Rocha
Salty Dog
And now back to the photos, a few more anthias...
Pseudanthias pascalus, Marshall Islands:
A female P. squamipinnis at the Seychelles:
An odd one, the Hawkfish Anthias, Serranocirrhitus latus in Palau:
Pseudanthias pascalus, Marshall Islands:
A female P. squamipinnis at the Seychelles:
An odd one, the Hawkfish Anthias, Serranocirrhitus latus in Palau:
