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Paracentropogon longispinus (wispy/longspine waspfish)

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Our latest acquisition at "chez Lionfish Lair"...

 

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The fish has been a "typical" waspfish so far.  It weaned on the first try after a couple of days of conditioning it with live ghosties.  It will eventually end up with our other small scorps once it finishes its QT.

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I love seeing all the neat fish you guys get!

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That fish doesn't;t look healthy it's lying on the bottom not swimming, LOL. Saxman looks great, you just love those type of fish don't you. Like I love butterflies and tangs I guess. 

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LOVE IT! 

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Great looking fish....it looks like it has 4 nostrils though   LOL

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Great looking fish....it looks like it has 4 nostrils though   LOL



Wow you really look close, Better to smell you my dear.

 

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Lois,

 

It DOES appear to have two nostrils, but the upper pair are actually sub-orbital pits, which have nothing to do with the fish's sense of smell.  Look closely, and you'll see that the upper pits are shallow.  There are a few Scorpaeniformes that exhibit this morphological trait.  Good spotting tho!  banana.gif

 

You don't come across this species very often, and we found this one in one of our LFS for about $15 or so...score one for us!  Another interesting thing about this fish and waspfish in particular is that it's color varies quite a bit at times.  Some days, it's very light, others dark, and still others, the red spotting really comes out.

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