What rare angel is the least owned?
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zemuron114
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The C. abei in the aquarium was the on that Richard Pyle caught on the show. A few were caught but i think only 1 made it. Im sure the DOAs are residing in a jar.
Darn, in this situation you hope you can get two. Maybe they will pair off. Looks like it may be a VERY long time before even 1 or two trickle into the hobby. & if they ever do, straight to Japan for huge amounts of yen.. SIGH.
It does get you do thinking about how many other deepwater Centropyge might be out/down there..
Matthew
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What about that butterfly??
It does get you do thinking about how many other deepwater Centropyge might be out/down there..
Matthew
PS.
What about that butterfly??
coralite
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I am all for collecting rare fish but by the best stretch of my imagination I can't seem to find that fish very attractive. I'm sure it looks a lot nicer in person but for the $$$ they will surely fetch I think I would rather invest in a peppermint or several top quality supermale bluestripes.
I stop by the Waikiki aquarium pretty often. The Abei is amazing in person. A picture says a thousand words, but there is nothing like being there.
Coralite, the cash that thing would fetch would get you more than a peppermint, more like a mid-sized car. I guess it is a combination of supply and demand along with some person with more money than they should have, yearning for something they can't get. When the rarest of rare is up for grabs. The offers come rolling in.
Coralite, the cash that thing would fetch would get you more than a peppermint, more like a mid-sized car. I guess it is a combination of supply and demand along with some person with more money than they should have, yearning for something they can't get. When the rarest of rare is up for grabs. The offers come rolling in.
Yep and when those offers come rolling in you had better be able to speak Japanese or be able to exchange a big wad of Yen.
But you just might see this fish available someday. With the sighting in shallow water off of southern Japan it means this fish is in more area's and much shallower when the currents and water temp are right.
Carl
But you just might see this fish available someday. With the sighting in shallow water off of southern Japan it means this fish is in more area's and much shallower when the currents and water temp are right.
Carl
Sighting in shallow water?? Say what? Maybe there is hope. Of course, I just looked at the Poll up at the top of this thread & noticed that Paracentropyge boylei is about the most owned rare angel on RC. Interesting, maybe a source will be found.
I'm also waiting for more deep reef collecting expeditions. Just gets my juices going thinking of what might come up!
Matthew
I'm also waiting for more deep reef collecting expeditions. Just gets my juices going thinking of what might come up!
Matthew
LargeAngels
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I think it was as shallow as 15 feet they observed the juvenile.
triggerfish1976
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Collectors wouldn't pay thousands of dollars for this fish because of the way it looks. They will pay to say they own one of the rarest Angelfish in world.
copps
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Hey guys, finally like Zem and pactrop I could say I'm checking in from Hawaii... 
. This was a tremendous opportunity arriving this past Saturday, as I was able to meet up with two of the "Pacific Abyss" divers and watch the program with them. Rich Pyle invited me over to John Earle's apartment (two of the rebreather divers from the show)... it was the first time they'd seen the program themselves. This expedition was funded by the BBC and will be airing as a full three hour special in Europe. Also present was Jack Randall, a "living legend" ichthyologist that has described more reef fish species than any in history, and more fish than any other living person... he's 84 now and still at it! Here's a shot... from left to right it's Rich Pyle, me, Jack Randall, and John Earle...
Anyway, the commercial breaks in the show were fantastic... getting the inside story from these guys. Rich only got one C. abei to the few that Brian Greene got, but Rich's is the only one left alive and it looks great at the Waikiki Aquarium... after being in bad shape it's really settled in well... here's a shot I took of it on Sunday...
While this was an exciting find... the real highlight of the dive was the sapphire blue Chromis species collected on the dive... 100% unknown before that. The Prognathodes butterfly shown in the video Rich thinks is the same species he collected in Hawaii that is also on display at the Waikiki Aquarium... just a different color variant... a wide ranging species that would make it... That fish is also undescribed... Here's a shot of one of the two the aquarium has...
C. abei has been recorded in both Palau and Indonesia at depth, but earlier this year a juvenile was photographed and documented in Southern Japan at a depth of 15 feet for about two months straight... amazing when you think about it... the surface temp was 62 degrees... Charles Delbeek has done a great job with the abei at the aquarium and has slowly brought it up in temp, but it is still at 73 degrees, so if someone wants to drop the money of this fish they'll also be paying a hefty electric bill to chill its system down... C. abei's beauty comes not in its color, but its uniqueness... I had dinner with Gerry Allen, who described the species, and he said it fell almost in the middle of Centropyge and Apolemicthys... by looking at it you could tell its quite unique...
To close it off here's another shot from the aquarium... another "only one in the world on display" angelfish the Waikiki Aquarium has...
. This was a tremendous opportunity arriving this past Saturday, as I was able to meet up with two of the "Pacific Abyss" divers and watch the program with them. Rich Pyle invited me over to John Earle's apartment (two of the rebreather divers from the show)... it was the first time they'd seen the program themselves. This expedition was funded by the BBC and will be airing as a full three hour special in Europe. Also present was Jack Randall, a "living legend" ichthyologist that has described more reef fish species than any in history, and more fish than any other living person... he's 84 now and still at it! Here's a shot... from left to right it's Rich Pyle, me, Jack Randall, and John Earle...Anyway, the commercial breaks in the show were fantastic... getting the inside story from these guys. Rich only got one C. abei to the few that Brian Greene got, but Rich's is the only one left alive and it looks great at the Waikiki Aquarium... after being in bad shape it's really settled in well... here's a shot I took of it on Sunday...
While this was an exciting find... the real highlight of the dive was the sapphire blue Chromis species collected on the dive... 100% unknown before that. The Prognathodes butterfly shown in the video Rich thinks is the same species he collected in Hawaii that is also on display at the Waikiki Aquarium... just a different color variant... a wide ranging species that would make it... That fish is also undescribed... Here's a shot of one of the two the aquarium has...
C. abei has been recorded in both Palau and Indonesia at depth, but earlier this year a juvenile was photographed and documented in Southern Japan at a depth of 15 feet for about two months straight... amazing when you think about it... the surface temp was 62 degrees... Charles Delbeek has done a great job with the abei at the aquarium and has slowly brought it up in temp, but it is still at 73 degrees, so if someone wants to drop the money of this fish they'll also be paying a hefty electric bill to chill its system down... C. abei's beauty comes not in its color, but its uniqueness... I had dinner with Gerry Allen, who described the species, and he said it fell almost in the middle of Centropyge and Apolemicthys... by looking at it you could tell its quite unique...
To close it off here's another shot from the aquarium... another "only one in the world on display" angelfish the Waikiki Aquarium has...
triggerfish1976
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I always wondered what their nahackyi looked like.
gnarlyswine
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I have just added a venustus to my system - have there suddenly been a surge in collection of these as ive seen three in my lfs in the last month?
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