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Is it some kind of juvenile grouper? Any sci. name or common name please?

I found this sea cucmber more probably be Synapted Cucumber- Euapta godeffroyi Reference: http://www.abreojos.com/baja.html :wink:

technoshaman, thanks for your info. :) i was firstly confused to be told that it is a kind of holothurian, sea cucumber. but after hours of internet research by using the word "synapta" , i am convinced that it is a holothurian of genre: synapta . and i learnt that synapta sp. is similar to...

Can anyone id this greeny organism, please? kind of algae of other organism? .

Dear John. thanks for correcting me. I remembered wrong about the difference between vertebrate and (Uro-)Chordate becuase in chinese, the wording is quite similar :oops: and i can see the picture now after logging in.

Thanks John, I finally found the same species in the internet by seaching "Sycozoa " According to Bill Rudman of Seaslugforum.net : "it looks identical to one identified as Sycozoa sp. in Gosliner, Behrens & Williams (1996) Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific [#1067], a species they say is...

This photo was taken at Peurto Galera, Philipines. Can anyone identify it please?

thanks for the replies. I think there are many factors affecting the fish price in Hong Kong. Can we see this way: 1/Many sources of fishstock::Philipines, Indonesia, Brazil, U.S.(fewer),East Africa, Australia, mainland China and from local fishermen(cheapest) 2/Overhead : cheaper(compare with...

Jaime thanks for your infomation :wink: recently, there is a debate in hk aquarist circle on the difference between fishstock from U.S. and Brazil. the price from u.s. shipment is much higher than that from brazil. since the fishes (mostly angelfish)all come from carribean sea.(i guess) is...

the "certificate" i mentioned above is not issued in HK, since there no ornamental fish catching business in HK. what i meant is the "cert"in PI. this is an essay written by Mary Middlebrook: http://www.reefsource.com/MSI%20Articles/cyanide.htm the article makes a point that the "cert" issued...

yes, i think the price is too low too and may not be good to the fish and the coral reef. some non-aquarist would have been attracted by the cheap price and impulsively buy the fish just for fun. the FS mentioned above is among the busiest in Hong Kong. the store is always crowded with...

Clownfish(A.ocellaris) 3-4cm HK$10-30 Blue tang 4cm-5cm HK$60-80 Morrish idol 6cm-8cm HK$30-50 and US$1=HK$7.8 i think the marine ornament fish is among the cheapest in the region. what is the market price in U.S.?

Clownfish(A.ocellaris) 3-4cm HK$10-30 Blue tang 4cm-5cm HK$60-80 Morrish idol 6cm-8cm HK$30-50 and US$1=HK$7.8 i think the marine ornament fish is among the cheapest in the region. what is the market price in U.S.?

hi, this is my first post here. :D I am in the hobby but not in the industry. but i would like to share the info i got here in Hong Kong. according to a newspapers's article on 7 Aug. when "Finding Nemo " was showing in the cinemas, the sales volume of one interviewed fish shop is ...