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**TheOldSalt** · 03-14-2005, 10:28 PM

Well, if it's a "hurricane hitchhiker" then we have a lot more options.
Bright purple, you say?
It's a major longshot, but how does Chromis limbaughi grab ya'll?
( that one is not much like other Chromis, and probably really belongs in Microspathodon or Stegastes )

There are numerous damsels down here which are very poorly known. It's probably one of those, but wouldn't it be kewl if you had a limbaughi, which came all the way from the other side of the Panama canal?

I like collecting my own fish, too, and I'm glad I live down here where there are so many good species. One favorite of mine is
Serranus subligarius, The Belted Sandperch. It's a Bass of a lovely brick maroon color which has a white vertical band running through it's middle. I don't know why it's not a popular aquarium species, becaue it's small, tame, interesting, and, get this, a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite. You can raise these in aquaria with ease, even if you only start with a single specimen!

Good luck identifying this fish, ScubaKid. I guess I don't have enough damsel-intensive material to help you on this one, but maybe someone else does.

03-14-2005, 10:28 PM	#11
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,253	Re: Can someone help identify this fish??? Well, if it's a "hurricane hitchhiker" then we have a lot more options. Bright purple, you say? It's a major longshot, but how does Chromis limbaughi grab ya'll? ( that one is not much like other Chromis, and probably really belongs in Microspathodon or Stegastes ) There are numerous damsels down here which are very poorly known. It's probably one of those, but wouldn't it be kewl if you had a limbaughi, which came all the way from the other side of the Panama canal? I like collecting my own fish, too, and I'm glad I live down here where there are so many good species. One favorite of mine is Serranus subligarius, The Belted Sandperch. It's a Bass of a lovely brick maroon color which has a white vertical band running through it's middle. I don't know why it's not a popular aquarium species, becaue it's small, tame, interesting, and, get this, a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite. You can raise these in aquaria with ease, even if you only start with a single specimen! Good luck identifying this fish, ScubaKid. I guess I don't have enough damsel-intensive material to help you on this one, but maybe someone else does.