Rarities underwater

Wow amazing pictures. Some one have have photos of the Doratonotus megalepsis "Caribbean dwarf wrasse" and the Schultzea beta "School bass"?
 
Sorry, I don't have either, but they are on my list for my next trip! :)

Since we are on the sea horse family, is anybody trying to keep Hippocampus bargibanti?
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And for Caribbean mimics, the most common ones are the Hamlets I think, here a mimic, Hypoplectrus sp.:
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And its model, Stegastes planifrons:
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Will love to see those specimens. When I snorkel here in PR I always saw different species of hamlets and they are very beautiful.
 
Hippocampus bargibanti are so tiny what would you even feed them, zooplankton? Amazing photo of it though, makes it look huge.
 
Loosing steam ?
For small I have this 3" Trumpet, Aulostomus maculatus which I thought might be a Pipe fish when I first saw it.
The adult three footer, the yellow phase in its habitat, and [posted elsewhere] eating a Graysby.


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Oh nice trumpets! That one eating the Graysby is amazing. Never losing steam, just have to find time to process some more photos...
 
While I process some more fish photos, thought it would be nice to post some of the reefscapes. First Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands:

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Well these are from this morning. The "mushroom" shapes are due to a pre historic virus that attacked the coral base and the top portions kept growing.

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Wouldn't you like to pick this up and start a 500 gal tank?
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Still o mimicry, the water was crap this day and photos are not great, but I think this is one of the most impressive examples of mimicry. The poisonous Meiacanthus atrodorsalis:

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And it's mimic, Plagiotremus laudandus:
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Luiz - you Exallias brevis looks more like a red phase/male Cirripectes stigmaticus to me.

You are absolutely right, I am so used to calling every big spotted blenny E. brevis that I didn't even bother checking the ID on a book! Thanks for the correction.

I am editing some Hawaii fish photos and will post soon...
 
Yep, I also think those are some type of tunicate.

Now to the Hawaiian fishes...

Chaetodon fremblii
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Chaetodon miliaris
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Chaetodon multicinctus
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Ya they ussually take on their nighttime colors in captivity. I've also read that they are a relic species.
 
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