We’re at the penultimate last leg of our recent Japanese tour recount, and if you’re just following, be sure to check out the previous partshere,,,,here,,,,here,,,,hereandhere。We’ve toured Osaka and the surrounding Kansai region extensively before, visiting our favourite reefers likeDr. ShimokobeandYuma Yasuda,,,,but we’ve never really been outside of this region per se. Not this time. We’re adding Okayama to our travel repertoire, and Mr. Ryohei Genda to our list of reefers to watch!
Professionally, Mr. Genda teaches in the Okayama University of Science as an aquaculture advisor, but in his free time, he owns a collection of reef fish unparalleled and unlike any other. Mr. Genda lives in Okayama, in a quiet, scenic hillside house quite contradicting to the technological buzz that surrounds the cities of Japan. It’s about a day’s drive from Osaka, but the rewards are well worth the time.
Genda先生有三个展示箱,其中两个是深水风格的装置,主要是贝斯,还有另一个带有更常规的礁石相关鱼类的珊瑚罐。他对贝斯兹的热爱,尤其是属的贝斯。Liopropoma,,,,has earned him the moniker “Liopropoma老板”。喜欢 ”预后Mania”又名Mr. Makoto Matsuoka,,,,the Japanese are whimsical and comical in their unique brand of secret street naming.
Liopropomais a diverse genus of bass that range in sizes from two inches to nearly ten, or more. Although found in a wide variety of depth ranges, the genus is generally restricted to deeper waters, with many species found only exclusively at depth. His special area of interest areLiopropoma物种latifasciatum复杂的。该物种综合体是最具挑战性和棘手的群体之一,具有许多相似的外观物种,其中许多物种无疑仍然是科学的新事物。
该物种通常是黄色的,黑色赤道皮带在鱼类上纵向切片(因此latifasciatum),但能够根据心情打开和关闭这种条纹。这与整个中间体相同,每个中间体的颜色差异很小,就它们的分类法提出了复杂的情况。每个表型是否代表一个隐秘的物种仍然未知。
他的系列还播放了其他贝斯。田虫,,,,Odontanthiasand假人。T. flavofasciatus,,,,O. fuscipinnis,,,,O. Katayamai,,,,O. BorboniusandP. mica确切地说。其中许多以前曾在博客上进行过博客,因此在Reefbuilders数据库中进行快速搜索将产生更多详细信息。
His reef aquarium is particularly beautiful, with a plethora of elegantly aquascaped corals. Being a fish blogger, i’m sorry to disappoint that that won’t be touched upon in too much detail. What’s really interesting here, however, is his pair of中央拷贝多色天使。众所周知,该物种因在强烈的照明下变黑而闻名,在这些标本中,这种现象的定义很好。独特的黑暗C. multicolor在囚禁中,约翰斯顿环礁姐姐很少见C. nahackyi。从某种意义上说,这可以看作是“穷人的nahackyi“看到后者是几乎无法获得交易。
天使加入了令人惊叹的Cirrhilabrus roseafascia,还有一对非常特别的Plectranthiasthat I hold dearly to my heart. This diminutive fish is currently undescribed, but it has been awarded a tentative name for its imminent description. Plectranthias “ubiquitous” is so named for its wide geographical range and apparent ubiquity in the appropriate habitat. This fish is, despite its ironic name, is extremely rare in the trade, and very rarely, often incognito, slips into the aquarium market.
当然,以典型的柠檬风格,我为最后一个保存了最好的。在这个简短系列的最后一篇博客文章中,我们将研究一些令人难以置信的稀有鱼,这些鱼在Aquarium Reef Keep的万神殿中就在那里。日本在异国鱼的梯队中就在那里,每次访问这个美好的国家都变得越来越困难。
P.S, Thank you Mr. Genda for your incredible hospitality! I enjoyed every minute looking at your wonderful fish.