For a long time, the confusion between Odontanthias chrysostictus, O. katayamai as well as O. tapui has afflicted many. We’ve made the mistake of wrongly identifying these fishes in the past as well. We hope to straighten out the mistakes…
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Bodianus sp. Banana Hogfish is a totally enviable beauty from the South Pacific
Bodianus hogfish are totally hot right now with B. paraleucosticticus occsionally showing up, peppermint hogfish are now being collected in two flavors: an Indian Ocean Bodianus opercularis and Pacific Ocean B. neopercularis forms. Meanwhile in Japan Blue Harbor has been…
Five live peppermint Angelfish make their way to Blue Harbor Japan
Somewhere in Osaka Japan, down deep in the fish conditioning vault of Blue Harbor Aquariums, rests no less than five little treasures from the Pacific Ocean, the illustrious peppermint angelfish, Paracentropyge boylei. The quintet of holy grail reef fish arrived…
Rapture of the Deep – The elusive Narcosis Angelfish
Nitrogen Narcosis, The Martini Effect, and Rapture of the Deep: all are terms used to describe the effects of the alteration in consciousness when diving to depths greater than 100 feet (30 meters). This temporary and reversible effect is similar…
New video shows Narcosis and Peppermint angelfish together at Raratonga
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been a flurry of activity in the West Pacific Ocean this year and there’s never been a better time to be a fan of rare deepwater angelfishes. This year alone we’ve seen peppermint angelfish…
BlueHarbor releases new pictures and videos of Cirrhilabrus claire along with the other deepwater rarities
BlueHarbor released new pictures and videos of their latest haul and here’s a better look at the insanely rare Cirrhilabrus claire. As we’ve mentioned previously, C. claire has never had its live picture featured anywhere before and this pair marks…
Narcosis angelfish, Centropyge narcosis collected for the first time in years
The Centropyge narcosis you see above is the most recent collection by famed deepwater fish collector, Rufus Kimura. Having barely recovered from the assault of sensational rare fish news regarding the illustrious Peppermint Angelfish just two months ago, we’re hit with yet another phenomenal…
Peppermint angelfish video is the first of its kind showing Paracentropyge boylei in the wild
The Peppermint Angelfish that is swimming around the Waikiki Aquarium right now is a sensational fish and we’ve got the whole scoop on this particular Paracentropyge boylei. Rich Pyle did indeed catch this peppermint angelfish in Moorea at a depth of…
Hybrids between the magnificent firefish and the decorated firefish are a perfect blend of the two
Firefishes make great aquarium specimens and are wildly popular, be it the lower end maginificent firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica), or the higher ended helfrichi firefish (Nemateleotris helfrichi). Firefishes fall into the category of “factory made” fishes where every single piece looks…
MAC certified Bodianus paraleucosticticus from Holmes Reef is a stunning beauty
Bodianus paraleucosticticus is a rare and highly sought after hogfish that doesn’t doesn’t get much airtime in the aquarium scene. The five-striped hogfish has a large range which spans from PNG, Bali, Palau, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and the Cook Islands. This…
