SHOW OFF YOUR RARE amd HYBRIDS!!!

[jmaneyapanda]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12781205#post12781205 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by copps
That melanosoma complex is exciting and confusing... do you have a pic? I spoke with Gerry Allen about them... he described C. vanderloosi, and was going to look at another possible new species in the complex in the Phillipines last month... do you have a pic and know its origin?

Majestics are on one end of the bell curve and full korans are on the other, changing very large. Combine this with the fact that he has chrysurus blood in him, which hold their vertical bars through adulthood, and that adds to his "young looks" at a decent size... I'm excited to see how he grows up...

I did get the small griffisi too... doing well... this is sort of the bandit angel of the Line Islands... never too plentiful and almost always large... I was happy to score the little guy...

Well, I'm pretty sure its not a vanderloosi. The Grey "smoky" patch certianly covers a large area on the body, not just the head area (which I consider an important part of their ID). Really, though, I dont know the animals origin or history at all. Aside from his tail coloration (which isnt really dimidiatus or melanosoma), I would really have to say it is certainly a melnaosoma.

Your description of the phenomenom with those angels is exactly what intrigues me so much. ANGELFISH RULE!!

 

[LargeAngels]

Here is my Phillipines C. vanderloosi.

 

[Fishfreak218]

I guess mine aren't terribly rare but you don't see them often in the hobby. My little (Sepia Bandensis)

 

[myerst2]

Seems like a cephlapod to me.

 

[triggerfish1976]

A somewhat rare (tradewise) species of Cuttlefish.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12782527#post12782527 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LargeAngels
Here is my Phillipines C. vanderloosi.

Yeah, mine has a grey patch that extends all the way to near the end of the dorsal. But his tail isnt a solid yellow, but it isnt a typical melanosoma coloration, either. I think he may just be changing out from juvi coloration.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12787440#post12787440 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Fishfreak218
I guess mine aren't terribly rare but you don't see them often in the hobby. My little (Sepia Bandensis)

Now thats cool. :thumbsup:

 

[deepreefdiver]

Those are some awesome looking cuttles!!!

 

[deepdiver1]

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[deepdiver1]

by the way, John, its me Rob! How you doing nowadays?

 

[jmaneyapanda]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12796447#post12796447 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by deepdiver1
I do believe that trigger1976 posted a pic of ONE of the TWO 1" bandit angelfish that I caught last week Wednesday. Is that considered rare enough to jump into this discussion?

Only if you can me some, also.

 

[triggerfish1976]

Here you go.

 

[crvz]

Probably not the most rare, but I've not often seen one. I picked up a Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus the other day. Not real sure what the common name is, as they're nore really all that common.

 

[Aj Flip]

blue eye kole?

 

[Spooky208]

Bristletooth Kole Tang. South Florida has just had a massive shipment of them come in, in the past few weeks. Almost all the Lfs have them in now their absolutely beautiful!

 

[crvz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12801744#post12801744 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Aj Flip
blue eye kole?

I'm not convinced that's what it is, but it may be. The blue-eye kole I've read as a Ctenochaetus binotatus, and this one seems to lack the darkness that those present as juveniles (dark bodies with yellow tails and blue eyes).

It's hard to tell with fish based on their appearance, especially as juveniles, but I think this is the Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus, which I've seen referred to as the blue-lip or short-tail bristletooth.

 

[myerst2]

Hey all. If anyone is interested in small Black Tangs (z. Rostratum), 3". Let me know I can direct you to them. From a great source. Wish I had a chance to get one at this size before i got my dinner plate Rostratum. Shoot me a PM. Regards, Tim

 

[cwoods8]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12807644#post12807644 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by myerst2
Hey all. If anyone is interested in small Black Tangs (z. Rostratum), 3". Let me know I can direct you to them. From a great source. Wish I had a chance to get one at this size before i got my dinner plate Rostratum. Shoot me a PM. Regards, Tim

Are you kidding?!........Your Dinnerplate is a legend on RC!

 

[myerst2]

Ha Ha Ha. You got me there!!! Just love showing off my fish to those can appreciate them!!! My Black Tang is by no means a legend, but i may be a legend for posting the same pic all of my black tang. Guilty as charged!!! Tim

 

[myerst2]

Just imagine how sick you will be of seeing the pictures of small Jap Dragon eel that is in the works. Tim