discovery channel and dr. richard pyle

[HELLYEAH]

did anyone catch that documentary on the discovery channel showing dr. richard pyle and a few other divers collecting fish in the south pacific with c.c.r and the brang up a few new discoveries. they also brought up 3 or 4 dr. seuss fish. check it out if you get a chance. it was titled the pacific abyss. they were diving at 300+ feet.!!!!!!!!

 

[racerw]

Dang!! I keep missing this show, I really want to see it I have heard nothing but good about it.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Hey Guys,

I found that the site Pacific Abbys is no available, but I know another site from over 300 feet by Rich Pyle entitled "A Christmas Chill" for adults only. It is a very deep water record from The Line Islands.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 2330871640

All The Best, Hiroyuki

 

[Brooklyn Johnny]

I had the opportunity of being out in Hawaii when the program debuted last month and watched it in John Earle's apartment with him(center, also from the program), Rich Pyle(right, holding the Centropyge abei Holotype specimen), and others including Jack Randall, the man who's described more reef fish species than anyone in history (now over 700). The new bright blue Chromis sp. they collected on the trip shown in the program was in a jar right behind Rich in this shot at the Bishop Museum... I'm to the left...



They were very excited about that Chromis... the abei had of course been seen before, and the single abei that Rich collected is the one that is on display at the Waikiki Aquarium... None of Brian's survived long (as Rich rubbed in... ) The Prognathodes butterfly in the video Rich thinks is a color variation of the one he found in Hawaii, but probably the same species... they're still undescribed though... His Dr. Seuss fish (Belonoperca pylei) he's very proud of, and he said it's very widespread... a gorgeous fish... the funny thing is there is one other fish in the genus and it reminds me of a walleye ... lacks much color and is drab... a stark cotract to the pylei...

Hiroyuki, excellent video... Rich NEVER wears a wetsuit... so it bit him on that dive... now when people ask what else they could put in their temperate tank we could recommend the deepwater stuff coming from Christmas...

John

 

[Len]

Man, i missed that show. Would've loved to have seen it.

 

[HELLYEAH]

in that clip that Hiroyuki suggested there was film from their adventure in palau."Centropyge abei, Prognathodes sp., Chromis sp. - Palau, Ngertachebeab, Ngemelis," was the clips name.