The Real Best Fish on Earth

[Nate82]

Flamboyant Cuttlefish... WOW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHnm4I4RBMo

 

[ofblong]

Lawnmower blenney = best fish on earth.

 

[paintballer768]

At 0:45 in that movie, when its walking kinda, it looks like a small rhino hahah.

 

[Dr. Frag]

The flamboyant is the worlds best invert, not fish. the worlds best fish is green mandarin, then theres the tasseled wobbegong. then theres megalodon. the three best fish ever. Oh man I forgot dunkleosteus. 4 best fish. love whale sharks 2.

 

[oceanparadise1]

wow that "thing" what ever it is, sickest looking thing ive ever seen i want one lol

 

[robharold]

I watched a special on PBS about that very cuddle a few days ago. I can not look at the video to see if its the same coverage though.

 

[roshi719]

sweet!!

 

[LorenK]

There is a great article on tonmo.com regarding keeping cuttlefish:
http://www.tonmo.com/cephcare/cuttlefish.php

Btw, this article states that cuttlefish are the coolest animal on the plant. animal > fish & inverts.

 

[seafansar]

Those cuttlefish are awesome! It looks so much bigger than 8cm though.

 

[Hypertek99]

Wow looks interesting. I love how the body flashes.

 

[ahayes13]

very interesting. very odd and cool looking. so what the heck is it related too?

 

[LorenK]

They are cephalopods, same class that contains squid and octopus. It also has the chambered nautilus in it's class.

very interesting. very odd and cool looking. so what the heck is it related too?

 

[ahayes13]

yeah, just happened to see an article on them somewhere today. saw they were related to the squid and octos. they are very cool.

 

[oceanparadise1]

i just ordered 15 for my 120! it was only 300,000 chump change over here

 

[talon4x4]

I love how they have the ability to not only change the color of their skin but to change the texture. Its cool when the are on rocks, their skin looks like the rocks and its not smooth anymore.

 

[Echidna09]

M. Pfefferi are a dwarf species that top out at about 3 inches. Their status is unknown and they don't ever do well in aquariums so I wouldn't seek one out.

 

[Psychographic]

i just ordered 15 for my 120! it was only 300,000 chump change over here

Good Luck, according to the PBS special that was on recently, they are more venomous then a Blue Ring.

 

[ConcreteReefer]

I like Blackened Red Snapper myself...

 

[zanclus]

Moorish Idols are pretty unique in them selves.

 

[Echidna09]

Good Luck, according to the PBS special that was on recently, they are more venomous then a Blue Ring.

We are not certain whether or not M. Pfefferi is venomous or not. Some people think that even the skin may be toxic, but further research is needed.