After what has been a lengthy period of preparation, scouting and diving, the California Academy of Sciences’ expedition to the Philippines is beginning to yield a nice catch of truly exotic deep reef fish. The first notable catch of the expedition wasSynchiropus circularis但是,既然球队一直在深处,那么一些华丽的深水奇怪的球开始浮出水面。
Rich Pyle,布莱恩·格林(Brian Greene), Bart Shepherd and路易斯·罗沙(Luiz Rocha)have been using their deep diving skills to not only find and collect some rarely seen deep reef fish, but also using expert handling and decompression techniques to ensure the maximum chance that these fish will survive the ascent, and adapt to a new life hopefully on display at the Steinhart Aquarium.
Pictured above is Brian Greene holding two exquisite examples of fish that only come from deep reefs,Sacura speciosa和Roa excelsa, both of which are hardy fish provided that they are carefully handled and treated with care all along their journey to their future aquarium habitats.
In the wrasse department, two other species that have been brought up are伪juloides的中层和Cirrhilabrus roseafascia。这两种鱼都是精美的物种伪juloides的中层being closely related to the recently describedPseudojuloides edwardi和Cirrhilabrus roseafascialarg能够生长e, showy size for a fairy wrasse.
In the lesser known fish category, the CAS dive team has brought up a rareChromis Degruyi和an undescribed species of烯烃。我们爱我们一些稀有的水坝雌性,尽管在图片中看着银,但是当它沉迷于水族馆生活时Chromis Degruyiis likely to shine in its own unique way.
The undescribed烯烃标本是一种粉红色的物种,带有黄色的脸和黄色的尾巴,在不久的将来将由Pyle,Greene和Rocha描述。尽管这种特殊物种以前可以使用水产剂,但这是一条被减压问题困扰的鱼,它突显了CAS潜水员收集和处理自己的标本的价值。
有一个理论上的想法,即水族馆鱼的来源,它据说是哪种栖息地和环境条件,在某些情况下需要。但是,当众所周知的出处和环境的确切性质时,对于水族馆和鱼来说,这是一种完全不同的体验,我们认为这正是路易斯·罗查(Luiz Rocha)博士在他的期间探讨的一些内容keynote presentation在MacNA 2014 - 我们等不及了!