The Bladefin basslet, Jeboehlkia gladifer, and the Golden basslet, Liopropoma aberrans, are a couple of extremely deep water Caribbean which have only recently seen the light of day alive thanks to recent collection efforts with deep diving submersible. Our first couple posts on the Golden and Bladefin basslets shared the first living aquarium photos of these species and now thanks to Blue Harbor, we have some of the first living videos of these two ultra rare reef fish species. Pictured above is the live bladefin basslet, one of which is reported to have sold for a really big price and the video of the golden basslet is after the break.
Bladefin and golden basslets get spotlit in their own videos from Blue harbor
Jake Adams
Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.
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