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Postby liquid » January 15th, 2006, 12:17 am

In this month's Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine, we have a mystery fish seeking identification. How many fish can you find in this photograph and what are they?

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Please refer to this article in this month's Advanced Aquarist: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/1/neptune

Good luck!!! :D
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Postby ReeferAl » January 15th, 2006, 11:43 am

Don't know what they are but looks like a couple of sea dragons of some sort.
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Postby ReeferAl » January 15th, 2006, 11:57 am

How about a red morph of Solenostomus cyanopterus.

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Postby modernsavage » January 17th, 2006, 11:14 am

i agree with the above. some type of pipefish Robust Ghostpipefish. i see 2.
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Postby AF Founder » January 17th, 2006, 11:54 am

ReeferAl wrote:How about a red morph of Solenostomus cyanopterus.

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You got it, and there are two; the smaller one is the male.
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Postby ReeferAl » January 17th, 2006, 5:46 pm

AF Founder wrote:You got it, and there are two; the smaller one is the male.


Yup, I noted 2 fish in my first post. Henry Schultz' AAOL article awhile back on pipefishes was very helpful.

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