Things categorized as 'rare fish'

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Plectranthias sagamiensis, Sagami perchlet appears at Blue Harbor

Posted on October 5th by Jake Adams.
The Sagami perchlet, Plectranthias sagamiensis is another very seldom seen reef basslet which has recently made it's way to the Japanese rare fish Mecca, Blue Harbor. ...
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New Juvenile hybrid clarion/passer collected

Posted on October 1st by Ryan Gripp. 4
There is going to be a new entry to the reef world very soon, a rare small juvenile hybrid clarion/passer that has been found down by Mexico. You'll notice ...
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Peppermint Angelfish might be headed to the United States

Posted on September 30th by Ryan Gripp. 2
It sure looks like the United States will get a Paracentropyge boylei (Peppermint Angelfish) sometime soon. The chaos started with Live Aquaria posting a update on their social networking ...
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Conspicillatus x Personifer hybrid angelfish redefines rarity

Posted on September 9th by Jake Adams. 3
Conspic angelfish, Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus, are rare enough but to find one that is naturally hybridized with another amzing fish species is an awesome, singular event. This is not the ...
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Amazing fish caught in up to 600 feet of water

Posted on August 25th by Jake Adams.
Although fish lovers yearn to see and aquire fish which are caught alive in 100-300 feet of water, deepsea fishermen get to see some of the wildest deepwater fish ...
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LiveAquaria’s femininus wrasse is presented in still and moving pictures

Posted on August 20th by Jake Adams. 9
The femininus wrasse, Anampses femininus, is one of those mythical fish that you hardly ever see on display but when you see a robust, vigorous specimen, you can't help ...
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Roa excelsa status: one is still swimming

Posted on August 6th by Taka Kamata.
As we reported a while back, one of the best shops in Japan, Blue Harbor, obtained two Roa excelsa from Hawaii three weeks ago. Unfortunately, one of ...
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LiveAquaria’s show sized wrought iron butterflyfish

Posted on July 26th by Jake Adams. 2
Chaetodon daedalma has been and always will be one of the most striking and unique butterflyfish in the world. This Japanese endemic grows very large, it has striking presence in ...
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LiveAquaria’s incredible Centropyge interruptus angelfish

Posted on July 24th by Jake Adams. 8
If you thought all Centropyge were small and cute, then obviously you haven't met a full grown, 6+" Centropyge interruptus from the Sea of Japan. There's nothing 'pygmy' about this ...
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17 days later Mccullochi Clownfish fry are growing up

Posted on July 8th by Ryan Gripp. 2
You remember those Mccullochi Clownfish fry a few weeks ago? Well the little suckers grew. 17 days later they look like this, with stripes that are starting to ...