Roughtongue Bass

[michael_cb_125]

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explo...ground/islands/media/pinn_roughtongue_400.jpg


I want one. These apparently can be found off the coast of NC>

~Michael

 

[AuroraDrvr]

Nice, but found very deep.

 

[michael_cb_125]

I know. If only I had a rebreather and a ROV.

~Michael

 

[JHemdal]

We had one once many years ago, I was kind of underwhelmed by it. As juveniles, they are basically a pale dirty pink. They are shy as well, and prone to flukes as most of the group are. We got ours at a "fire sale price" when it was collected for shipment to Japan, and then they decided that their customer didn't want to pay that many yen for what looks like a sick squampinnis anthias. I can't remember exactly how much we paid for it, but I think it was around $400 - a third the price of a larger one.

Jay

 

[Matt_Wandell]

For the price, might as well get one of these.

 

[michael_cb_125]

Very nice Fish

~Michael

 

[AuroraDrvr]

Sorry for the huge picture, but here's a school of them at Flower Gardens.

 

[philter4]

I've collected them once in the past, they are found at or below 300 ft and from what I've been told ( I usually don't try to collect fish below 200 ft normally because I can't get them to the surface without pinning them and I don't think that is healthy for the fish) they are not common until below 350-375 ft. the ones we collected, there were 3 and one red barbier, we sold them for 500 each and they went streight to Japan.

 

[SDguy]

Potential Items for Today's Diver's Den:

Curacao Deepwater Roughtongue Anthias (Trio)

 

[Terryz_]

We had one in our country and it went to a rare fish enthusiast.. the color was quite drab for a young one.. but not sure if it is still around.

 

[tcmfish]

There was not enough hype built up to bring the deepest of pockets out of hiding this time...

 

[SDguy]

If I'm going to go through the trouble of keeping a low temp tank, I'd rather have some Anthias anthias.

 

[tcmfish]

There are a lot of nice looking rare anthias. One thing I find cool about these is that they are from the Caribbean and the price isn't as bad as it would be for a trio of a Pacific equivalent (and by equivalent I mean collection depth).