Our mission

Mystery Fish ID?

da6d2003 said:
I here by publicly relinquish all rights and/or claims to the above said fishie.

AS LONG AS

said fishie is destined for the display and not dissecting tray. ;)

Thank you Matt for the prompt response.

David :)
Click to expand...


You rock! I appreciate our conversation, and you have another email.
 
da6d2003 said:
I here by publicly relinquish all rights and/or claims to the above said fishie.

AS LONG AS

said fishie is destined for the display and not dissecting tray. ;)

Thank you Matt for the prompt response.

David :)
Click to expand...

http://research.calacademy.org/ichthyology

They do have a very extensive collection of fishes in bottles :)

http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/Types/index.asp

But they don't have it in their collection :lol:

Don't worry, different department and Matt surely wouldn't allow it to get stuck in a jar!
 
Maybe Rich can shoot us some, he's a great photographer and he works at CAS as well :)
 
anderson99 said:
Very cool. I'm glad this all worked out.

FWIW, Tong's is great shop. I used to spent lots of time and money there when I lived in the OC.
Click to expand...
Luckily, I moved out of OC before I got too involved in reefing!
 
I blame Steve at Lucky Ocean, I was perfectly content with Fish, Snails, Crabs and fake rocks, but he just had to give me a few of his "beat up"corals he couldn't sell....
 
GreshamH said:
da6d2003 said:
I here by publicly relinquish all rights and/or claims to the above said fishie.

AS LONG AS

said fishie is destined for the display and not dissecting tray. ;)

Thank you Matt for the prompt response.

David :)
Click to expand...

http://research.calacademy.org/ichthyology

They do have a very extensive collection of fishes in bottles :)

http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/Types/index.asp

But they don't have it in their collection :lol:

Don't worry, different department and Matt surely wouldn't allow it to get stuck in a jar!
Click to expand...

Not sure what's up with that link, I know we have way more specimens than that link shows. We have like 3 coelocanths, so I doubt we only have 5 angelfish!

I can pretty much guarantee this fish WILL end up in a jar, but at some point far in the future after it has lived a long healthy life here in a display tank. ;)

I'll definitely post pics here when we get the chance.
 
I'm glad this all worked out for the best. Thank you Trey and David for supporting the Academy, you just got yourselves a ton of karma points! :)
 
I'm curious... is a behind-the-scenes tour of the Academy of Sciences available for the two SDMAS members who discovered this rare fish?
 
99sf said:
I'm curious... is a behind-the-scenes tour of the Academy of Sciences available for the two SDMAS members who discovered this rare fish?
Click to expand...

Absolutely. My email is posted earlier in the thread if you would like to contact me.

I'd really like to hear more about how Tong's acquired this fish too. I will try and get more info tomorrow.
 
Cool! I'm going to be on the lookout for rare fish and let you know, so that I can qualify for a special tour of the CAS! Of course, the other way to qualify would be to volunteer every week, like Arnold.
 
Super cool. Rich snapped this photo just 10 minutes out of the bag...and it did eat the shrimp. ;)

20100128-DSC_0250.jpg


Many thanks to all involved for getting this fish here. We'll update with more photos when it goes on display after a 30 day QT period.
 
99sf said:
Cool! I'm going to be on the lookout for rare fish and let you know, so that I can qualify for a special tour of the CAS! Of course, the other way to qualify would be to volunteer every week, like Arnold.
Click to expand...

You may have missed it but both Rich and Matt have offered BAR members behind the scenes tour numerous times. I suspect if you ask, they'll do it ;)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top