Stunning Royal Gramma Dejongi Hybrid Seen on Video
We first spied the stunning Cuban Gramma dejongi basslet almost two full years ago. And even though we’ve seen plenty of images and videos of these amazing and virtually unattainable fish since then, we still can’t seem to get enough. Unfortunately for our addiction, the story doesn’t stop with just this species, as it gets [...]
Blue Striped Tamarin Wrasse Passes Through the Diver’s Den
Without a doubt the holy grail of tamarin wrasses, the Blue Striped Tamarin Wrasse (Anampses femininus) is a rare gem that few ever get to lay eyes on, let alone own. Fortunately, the guys at LiveAquaria showed off one of these beauties in their very popular Diver’s Den over the weekend. The Wisconsin-based aquatic ornamentals [...]
Lipogramma robinsi Spotted on Video for First Time Ever
Curacao has been somewhat of a center for rare aquatic life as of late, with several very rare indiviuals being hauled up from extreme depths and finding their way into the tanks of rare livestock dealers. Fish from the Lipogramma genus seem to be making up a majority of this catch, and in keeping with [...]
Our First Rare Fish Spotting of the New Year
The year is still so young, but we’ve already got a rare fish sighting to report. Over the past couple of months, we’ve seen the Interruptus Angelfish (Centropyge interrupta) show up in only a couple of places. The first was a video clip from Blue Harbor in November. Then LiveAquaria posted a couple of these [...]
Earlei’s Fairy Wrasse Seen at LiveAquaria
Just yesterday we reported about the pair of Interruptus Angelfish (Centropyge interrupta) that was posted for sale in the LiveAquaria Diver’s Den. As if those two rare beauties wasn’t enough, the Wisconsin-based livestock dealers also listed the very rare Earlei’s Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus earlei) on the same day. This beautiful little wrasse measures around 2 [...]
Interruptus Angelfish (Centropyge interrupta) Lands in the Diver’s Den
Back in November, we drooled over a pair of rare and beautiful Interruptus Angelfish (Centropyge interrupta) that popped up at Blue Harbor. Not expecting to see any here in the US, we watched the video over and over again, eventually sulking back to our keyboards only to pointlessly wish to gaze upon these fish in [...]
Picture of the Week, Lineatus Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus lineatus)
Pictured in this AquaNerd Picture of the Week is one of my favorite fish, the Lineatus Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus lineatus). This fish can be very beautiful, though the females of the species are nowhere near as pretty as the males, which is typical of just about all fish and wrasses especially. In terms of rarity, [...]
Cortez Marine Owner Sentenced for Illegal Smuggling
Steve Robinson, the owner of the fish importing company known as Cortez Marine International, learned his legal fate earlier this week when he received his sentence for illegally collecting and importing 52 Clipperton angelfish (Holacanthus limbaughi) back in 2009. The fish, which aren’t illegal to import if all of the proper permits are attained, were [...]
Rare Japanese Bodianus masudai Hogfish Seen at Blue Harbor
Blue Harbor has just released a little footage of a stunning Japanese Masudai hogfish (Bodianus masudai), allowing us to catch a glimpse of this rare fish for the first time in a long time. Now, you might be asking yourself what’s so rare about this peppermint hogfish? And that’s a pretty reasonable question since Indonesian [...]
New Masked Angelfish Video Surfaces, No Longer a Shy Juvenile
The gorgeous masked angelfish (Genicanthus personatus) that we’ve been following for almost a year is no longer the shy juvenile swimming amongst a group of larger fish and hiding under coral colonies. The once small female is quickly becoming a gorgeous adult, now overshadowing many of its tankmaktes and exerting a little of her own [...]
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