Tropical fish season in NY!

[TheFishGuy]

It is tropical fish season here in the north east US. Since I was young, I would spend hours looking for tropical strays in our waters. These are some I caught last week. All were taking in a photo tank with a black background.

For those that are interested in the strays, here is an article I wrote about them

http://www.fishguyphotos.com/tropical_visitors_article.htm

Here is a lookdown, it is about an inch in length

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w177/cpaparo/lookdown.jpg

This is a short big eye, about 3/4" in length

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w177/cpaparo/shortbigeye.jpg

and one of my favorites, the striped burrfish. It is a type of pufferfish, and when spooked will inflate and small litle spikes will stick out from its body. This little guy is about 3/4"

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w177/cpaparo/burrfish.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w177/cpaparo/burrfish2.jpg

Chris

[LordV]

Lovely and interesting shots :)
Brian V.

[Photogirl2007]

Excellent shots Chris and an interesting article too. That burrfish is amazing. Great photograph of it too considering it is so small. :)

[Nymphalidae]

I love these shots, nice colors and compo. :) :)

[orionmystery]

Nice shots. Those fish are cute :)

[devil350]

Great series, I really like the colors.

Congrats,
Laurent.

[TheFishGuy]

Thanks for looking. Tropical collecting has been very adicting to me, that is why I get paid to do it for a living now. Every year brings something different. All these fish look so much different as adults as well.
Chris

[Keith Newton]

Wow, Those are fantastic looking fish. The lines and colors are artistically exotic and pleasing.

[TheFishGuy]

Wow, Those are fantastic looking fish. The lines and colors are artistically exotic and pleasing.

Unfortunatly, they tend to look much different as adults. They are still cool looking fish, but they just loose the long fins, and their colors are not as vivid.
thanks
Chris