Dr. Seuss Fish, Belonoperca pylei, appears at Aqua Stage 21 in Japan

By on Mar 27, 2012

Dr. Seuss’ Fish, Belonoperca pylei, has hit at Aqua Stage 21 in Japan.  This rare deepwater soapfish fish usually lives in really deep water around 330ft (100m) in Marshall island.  However, accordingto  Aqua Stage 21 blog, he was collected in not such a deep water because he swam up to shallower depth.  It was really by accident that this Belonoperca pylei was collected. Because of the shallow collection point, the Dr. Seuss fish does not have decompression problem.  His size is around 2.5inch, by the way.

[via Aqua Stage 21]

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HXHVFY3JDHW6PFJLGY4YT73XQY Sean

    That is one ugly fish.

  • kovstar

    i beg to differ. Looks very cool to me, and the colors are outstanding. The name however, ugly.  

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1037131979 Gabe El-Patron Johnson

    man i’d love to have that fish! looks like a cartoon. its great!

  • JakeAdams

    you trippin’

  • http://www.madhatterreef.com/ MadHatter’s Reef

    That is an Awesome Fish!

  • http://blog.aquanerd.com/ Brandon Klaus

    seriously? that’s got to be one of the most amazing fish i’ve seen.

  • jretz

    Looks like a evil medical experiment sewing together the body of a chaoti wrasse and the head of a hogfish.  With a delightful result!

  • William Braker

    A bit skinny with a bumped lip – always scary to see expensive fish with issues like that.

  • http://www.AdvancedAquarist.com Leonard Ho

    I should have bought a pair when Brian Greene was doing his thing.  At the time, I liked my cleaner shrimp more.  What an idiot I was.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Spencer-Shepard/513574554 Spencer Shepard

    I like!  I bet it has great personality.