rare hawaiian fish

[blacktip0000]

Can anybody tell me what are some rare fish in Hawaii? One of my friends is a diver over there. Is it legal for him to catch the fish and ship them to me?

[RyanMcLaughlin]

I believe the Black Tang lives in Hawaii. You have to check the law with fish and game to see whats legal. Like you are allowed to catch I think 3 or 4 Yellow tangs in Hawaii.

[myerst2]

that was proposed law about the yellow tangs. Black tangs are mostly collected on Christmas island. The rare fish usually caught by divers who go deep. 100-200ft deep. Don't know the skill level of your friend. Regards, tim

[blacktip0000]

he's a pretty good diver.

[kirkaz]

Masked Angel would have to top my list....Achilles Tang I wouldn't say is rare, but a great Hawaiian fish....Hawaiian Dragon Moray

[nureefer2008]

Hawaiian crosshatch trigger is also rare. It is a beauty

[myerst2]

Pare is a disfficult term to decribe when talking about fish. A fish could be "rare" because of how deep the water is where they are fpund, can only be found in areas that are illegal to catch fish, the distance needed to travel to catch the fish i.e clipperton island where clarions are found. Then some fish are just that rare. The personatus is a rare fish. Here are some pics of rarities in Hawaii. The first 4 I currently have and I have a Dragon Moray coming, but it is from Japan.

Crosshatch
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg22/myerst22/IMG_4285.jpg'

Tinker's Butterfly
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg22/myerst22/IMG_4178.jpg

Black Tang Christmas Island
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg22/myerst22/IMG_3811.jpg

Gym Meletremus
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg22/myerst22/IMG_3963.jpg

Some other rarities

Personatus
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg22/myerst22/18personatus.jpg

Bandit with Genicanthus sp.
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg22/myerst22/200612265-thumb.jpg

Dragon Moray
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg22/myerst22/dragonmoraythumbnail.jpg

[1ucky]

Beautiful bunch of guys you have there! What size is your set-up?

[jthao]

That picture makes me miss my black tang!!!