Things tagged as rare reef fish.

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Prognathodes guyanensis and P. aya, neptune grouper and clarion passer hybrid are at House of Fins this weekend

Posted on October 9th by Jake Adams.
Prognathodes guyanensis, Prognathodes aya, Holacanthus clarionensis x H. passer and many more of the rarest reef and marine fish will be on display and for sale at this weeekend's ...
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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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Paracheilinus attenuatus, the diamond tail flasher wrasse shows up at Old Town Aquarium

Posted on October 2nd by Jake Adams.
The diamond tail flasher wrasse, Paracheilinus attenuatus, is one of the rarest and most highly sought after flasher wrasses. The species was long synonymized with P. mccoskeri but John Randall ...

Rusty Flame pygmy angelfish hybrid video

Posted on August 31st by Jake Adams. 3
The flame x rusty angelfish hybrid which we first spotted at IMAC West in Long Beach a few weeks ago was the focus of much attention during the weekend ...
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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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Neptune Grouper, Cephalopholis igarashiensis, House of Fins, $6K

Posted on June 18th by Jake Adams. 5
If you didn't know any better, a full grown Neptune Grouper could come across as more of an Anthias than a grouper. The juvenile adult may be muted ...
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Prognathodes basabei and Odontanthias fuscipinnis make a stateside appearance

Posted on June 8th by Jake Adams. 2
Although it seems like Japan gets all the coolest, rarest fish even if they come from Hawaii, Reef Builders reader JP is a determined collector from the Northeastern U.S. who ...

Rare Fish Video Alert: Bodianus sanguineus, Odontanthias Fuscipinnis and a random barbefish

Posted on May 31st by Jake Adams.
The little strip of Bodianus sanguineus in the video above is among one of the rarest fish in the aquarium trade. Until about 10 years ago there existed only one ...