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Papua New Guinea fish --- a look to the future

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dread240
, 02-26-2011 at 08:50 PM (8819 Views)
With the situations currently ongoing in Papua New Guinea, we've seen no livestock making it's way state side or out of the country for that matter. However there will be availability through some sources eventually, from who and where has yet to be determined, but the country is looking into the prospects and wants to see it happen.

So what's this post for then? I've been researching some of the absolutely amazing sea life coming from this area. I've really seen no other place with the vibrance and colors coming out of it as PNG, and am anxiously awaiting to stock my tank with a few of their native inhabitants. Many people have never seen what was available from this country, so we'll do a brief visual tour.

First up is an absolutely stunning mandarin from PNG. The face is kind of similar to the green mandarin (or psychadelic as some call) however the body is a stunning design of predominantly orange.

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Some stunning Black Coral... looks gorgonian like but not 100% sure
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A beautiful Ribbon Eel
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For those who are really interested in the predator and/or aggressive tanks, look at this all black scorpionfish
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Even the damsels are ridicously beautiful specimens. This is the Tufi damsel
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I'm sure many people have seen this absolute gem. I don't know what the 1 or 2 that went into circulation actually sold for, but I know it was a ton.
The Maroon Lightning clownfish
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There's alot more coming I'm sure too. I can't wait until some of these beautiful specimens make their way to the states.

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Updated 02-27-2011 at 09:58 AM by dread240

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Comments

  1. Mustang's Avatar
    Wow I want. Thanks for sharing these are some stunning fish. I think the damsel is my favourite but not by much.
  2. Hat39406's Avatar
    Yeah, I like them all! I would like to see what the different corals look like though; I bet they are nice. Also, it's Papua, I'm a geographer. ;-)
  3. dread240's Avatar
    Yea, it was late and I didn't catch the error lol

    I think out of all of them I'm most interested in the mandarin. I do really like the damsel too, just damsel's in particular have put a sour taste in my mouth over the years lol
  4. pepper'scove's Avatar
    Wow, the mandarin is spectacular! I also REALLY like the lightning clown - it's absolutely stunning! Thanks for the post!!
  5. Blown76mav's Avatar
    Ok, now I have two new WANTS, the Mandarin and the Damsel how soon can we expect the PNG stuff to hit the stores.
  6. dread240's Avatar
    No clue on a date mav. That's the 2 I want as well so if you ever see them before I do, make sure you let me know I'm sure once they arrive they'll carry quote a premium too
  7. Hat39406's Avatar
    It's going to be awesome to have even more of a selection of animals. Could you imagine the animals they have out in the marine world. They have many other places that really hasn't been expoored explicitly for this hobby. ;-)