most expensive fish?

[princesuhaib]

What is the most expensive fish? I heard of it but dont remember the name it
Thank You

 

[sly fox]

well most expensive fish per se is tricky because there are a lot of fish not available in the hobby... a live full size whale shark delivered to your door or a coelacanth for example would be extremely costy

 

[Ian]

Probably the Paracentropyge Boylei which is rumored to be hitting the US. It's estimated that it will sell for anywhere from $10-25k...

 

[bangoo]

There was platinum arowana which got $80.000 offer, but owner never sold it. If I remember correctly, it had a defect in 1 eye too.

http://www.luxuo.com/most-expensive/arowana-aquarium-fish.html

 

[princesuhaib]

well most expensive fish per se is tricky because there are a lot of fish not available in the hobby... a live full size whale shark delivered to your door or a coelacanth for example would be extremely costy

LOL that would be funny

 

[xmjxflipx]

dang ian what the heck does that fish cost so much

 

[princesuhaib]

ok can someone order me 4 of them please





















JUST KIDDDING

 

[LILBUDDHA]

I saw an article that was selling Genicanthus personatus (masked Angels ) for 30k for a pair in Japan collected in the deep water of Hawaii

 

[FateX8]

i spoke with a collector in hawaii about the personatus and he told me he sold them for 10k
boylei sold for 20k last i remember
there actually was a shipment of these i believe last year and all were presold

 

[NotTheFace]

My club was discussing this same thing today. From what was said was that Paracentropyge Boylei is a really deep water fish (400 ft) and that only a hand full of people can actually dive that deep and it's really dangerous.

 

[Eggs]

ok can someone order me 4 of them please



JUST KIDDDING

Don't forget the "cosmetic surgery" to fix the eye problem.

 

[Aquabucket]

I saw an article that was selling Genicanthus personatus (masked Angels ) for 30k for a pair in Japan collected in the deep water of Hawaii

What's even crazier with the deep water angels is the marine bioligists and divers who collect these fish do not know what their specific diet is and most if not all starve in captivity in a short time. I had dinner with Richard Pyle once and he said the Japenese pay big bucks for these fish knowing they are going to perish in captivity. It does help fund the dives however.

Just for the heck of it here is a link to a talk from Richard:
Richard Pyle dives the reef's Twilight Zone | Video on TED.com
(deep dive starts @ 9:00 minutes in)

 

[seascape]

and im sad when a 75.00 fish dies on me and these idiots buy them knowing they are in a short period of time.I say excuse my language dumb a..es

 

[ahayes13]

What's even crazier with the deep water angels is the marine bioligists and divers who collect these fish do not know what their specific diet is and most if not all starve in captivity in a short time. I had dinner with Richard Pyle once and he said the Japenese pay big bucks for these fish knowing they are going to perish in captivity. It does help fund the dives however.

Just for the heck of it here is a link to a talk from Richard:
Richard Pyle dives the reef's Twilight Zone | Video on TED.com
(deep dive starts @ 9:00 minutes in)

i really enjoyed that video , thanks ! :)