Some Crazy Rare Fish Available for us in the US.

[coralfish]

not impressed........

 

[jhawkor]

I'd much rather have a femininus.

Anampses femininus? Supposedly there were some found in the Easter Islands not too long ago when some divers were in search of C. hotumatua...

 

[Dtronic]

Anampses femininus? Supposedly there were some found in the Easter Islands not too long ago when some divers were in search of C. hotumatua...

Yes that's the one. I thought I had a lead last month but nope.

 

[Iwishihadgills]

wow.......who would have ever thought that Cyphotilapia frontosa could convert to saltwater!?
btw......i love royal grammas!!

lmao thats the first thing i thought of when i saw it. Makes that theory of the african lakes being seperated from the ocean and becoming freshwater over time seem even more realistic when these two fish are side by side

 

[tcmfish]

More similar to Neolamprologus tretocephalus if we are comparing to African cichlids, but those are only the juvenile colors of Lipogramma evides.

 

[WWCC]

ya, their kind of blaaaaa drab. Kinda like the Mcullochi clowns; if they weren't rare, nobody would want them. They are just ugly black tomato clowns from Lord Howe Island.

 

[jhawkor]

More similar to Neolamprologus tretocephalus if we are comparing to African cichlids, but those are only the juvenile colors of Lipogramma evides.

Good point. Is there any pictures of an adult L. evides?

 

[surferboi2113]

True they look very much like the african cichlids... Actually the last three all look like fresh water fish. Cool finds, but for that price you could buy a few african cichlids and go on a trip to Bali...

 

[tcmfish]

Good point. Is there any pictures of an adult L. evides?

Not that I know of. Its hard enough to come by any pics. But the two posterior bands fade and they develop an ocellus on the dorsal fin above the third band. They also get more yellow color in them.

 

[Sheol]

I only found the last fish drab. I thought the first two were extremely attractive. Not as cool as angels & butterflyfish IMO but I really love Grammas. All kinds, well maybe not the brown one so much.

Matthew

 

[Beaun]

ya, their kind of blaaaaa drab. Kinda like the Mcullochi clowns; if they weren't rare, nobody would want them. They are just ugly black tomato clowns from Lord Howe Island.

I would like them reguardless of being rare or not. I find them both to be very nice looking and they would make a staple fish store fish, if they were more common.

On a side note, if you took the time, effort, and risks these guys take to get these fish, you would charge that much too. Not many people can dive to 300 feet, and not many of them would do it to catch a few fish.