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Thank you very much for sharing such interesting photos !

I want to take a photo underwater all the time in hillstream-loach habitats, but cannot yet carry it out.

Hi Danelle Vivier! The dorsal fin of the S.atropurpureus turns into the black which was bordered red when it is the breeding season, but, as for the S.semoni, a dorsal fin seems to remain transparent even if it is in the breeding season. The dorsal fin of your Stiphodon is black and can watch red he...

Hi Danelle. Good stiphodon! I intend to prepare for those detailed photos and video clip. Because there is not so time, as for the weekday, I intend to do a detailed reply on the weekend. I am sorry, but keep you waiting for a few days. Nice to meet you, Swift-Tuttle! Thank you very much for sharing...

Hi there! These are the pictures two years ago, but I was able to watch Fairy shrimp in the rice field near my home. We call Fairy shrimp "HOUNEN EBI" in Japanese. The meaning is a shrimp bringing a good harvest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_shrimp The Video clip is uploaded to Youtube. http:/...

Agreed! They look very tasty. :) Hi Craig! They are surely delicious. Hi everyone! I introduce several kinds of freshwater fish of Okinawa except Stiphodon this time. Rhinogobius sp. CB (cross band) This movie is in Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj7cnSLpUZo http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nif...

Hi plaalye! I can distinguish S.japonicus from S.lagocephalus easily. S.japonicus has a lateral stripe design without disappearing since the age of a child fish. The design is a pattern such as "\\\\\\\ //////". S.japonicus does not seem to change most of the designs of the body, but S.lagocephalus ...

Hi everyone! I add images of two kinds of Sicyopterus inhabiting Japan after a long absence. These are Sicyoputerus japonicus taken in the middle portion of the Izu Peninsula of Japan in the fall of last year. http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2013/01/13/01izu03.jpg http://t...

And i used to watch the mudskippers skip along the surface of the water. (brackish area of the beach) Miss it. :( Hi Bustoff I have pictures of the madskipper just a little. Mmudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus) in Okinawa. http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2013/01/2...

Hi everyone! Last December, I traveled to Okinawa subtropical climate at the southern end of Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyu_Islands The primary objective was to shoot the red nuptial coloration figure of Stiphodon alcedo. Many amphidromous fries have been carried to Japan each year from ...

Hi zenins plaalye Lil'Gills, Thanks for coment. Hi plaalye. The digital camera which I use now is S100 of Canon. Barbatula barbatula http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2012/11/25/08.jpg Cottus nozawae http://youtu.be/amuMcVpDUpU http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/un...

Hi everyone! I introduce the state of the Japanese river after a long absence. Hemibarbus barbus http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2012/11/17/nigoi_gsr02.jpg Hemibarbus longirostris http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2012/11/17/nigoi_nsn.jpg Pseudogob...

Hi Danelle Vivier! 1) Is everything in my tank OK for them? (flow, rocks etc.) The male of Stiphodon often makes a nest for breeding under the stone of a flat bottom. I put several pieces of board-shaped stones of around 2 inches on bottom sand. 2)What types of algae do they eat? I know the G. zebri...

Hi plaalye!

plaalye wrote:Hi odyssey. Where in Fiji were you?

It was the central area of the southern coast of the Viti levu island .

Hi everyone! I went to Fiji in my summer vacation. In the Fijian river, I was able to find the Stiphodon genus, but it was the Sicyopterus genus that there were the most populations. Sicyopterus lagocephalus inhabits Fiji, but there seem to be other Sicyopterus species, too. I do not have confidence...

Hi everyone! I went to Fiji in my summer vacation. And I was able to take some pictures and video clip of the Stiphodon rutilaureus?? there. The video clip has been uploaded to Youtube. http://youtu.be/PO0DnKVW04g Male of Stiphodon ?rutilaureus?. http://tanzawa-sky-club.air-nifty.com/photos/uncatego...