Rarities underwater

[Luiz Rocha]

i heard the genicanthus was not new? luiz can you confirm?

i do know brian had a new plectranthias species, and caught some really cool fish like Chromis alpha.

Boy, the news travel fast! You are right, the Genicanthus was a hiccup, just an odd looking G. lamarcki. As far as new species goes, so far we (and by we I mean mostly Brian Greene and Rich Pyle) collected new ones of the following genera: Cirrhilabrus, Plectranthias, Suezichthys and Liopropoma. Unfortunately, I can't post pictures of those before we describe them, but here is a deep anthias that I photographed today to keep you guys busy trying to ID it:

 

[YKTea]

A new cirrhilabrus!!!! Super super exciting!

And that's a gorgeous Pseudanthias! I'm guessing hutomoi. But looks like cichlops?

 

[Luiz Rocha]

A new cirrhilabrus!!!! Super super exciting!

And that's a gorgeous Pseudanthias! I'm guessing hutomoi. But looks like cichlops?

Everyone here thought it was hutomoi also, but we will collect some today to make sure...

 

[euod]

Any update?
What was the new Suezichthys?
How often is the male Suezichthys cyanolaemus found?
Was it the hutomoi anthias?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Luiz, what an amazing career you have and thank you most of all for sharing it so we can live vicariously through your excursions. :thumbsup:

I do have one request. Do you have any pictures of a male Paracheilinus mccoskeri? I'd love to see one in the wild.

Thank you again, David :thumbsup:

 

[CONSPICILLUM]

Gotta keep this thread current.

 

[blaujess]

Is that a normal lemonpeel?

Sorry for bad pic

 

[thegasman2000]

Wow great thread! So much want.