A new Silver Dollar species
ZooTaxa abstract: Myloplus lucienae, new species, is described from the blackwater tributaries of the rio Negro basin. It is one of the few Myloplus species... Read more.
The hardiest fish in the world?
Atlantic killifishAgainst the Tide: A Fish Adapts Quickly to Lethal Levels of Pollution Evolution is working hard to rescue some urban fish from... Read more.
Tubastrea micrantha in the Wild: one Amazing Shipwreck
Tubastrea micrantha is often called Black Tree Coral by divers, due to its arborescent style of growth, while aquarists mainly refer to it, somewhat oxymoronically,... Read more.
Guppies can distinguish quantity – some better than others
How many guppies do you count?Guppies: study sorts the maths whizzes from the dunces Heightened sense of mathematical concepts enhances “survival of... Read more.
This Sunday: Manhattan Reefs Frag Swap – Downtown NYC – Bring the Family
My favorite event of the year is this Sunday. Â In downtown Manhattan we will carve out some space at Pace University and throw our famous frag swap, which we’ve... Read more.
Smallscale Scorpionfish – Blending in
Many fish are able to change their coloration to allow them to blend in with their background, and one of the best examples of this is the scorpionfish.…... Read more.
Two new lovely deep-reef basslets
Lipogramma levinsoniWhat we once thought was a single “banded basslet” species, Lipogramma evides (1979) is now distinguished as two unique... Read more.
Chirality and Trap Doors: Ever wondered why your hermits are right handed?
Not only are hermit crabs fascinating for their nature of using of old, discarded shells, but they also exhibit a phenomenon of nature known as ‘chirality’,... Read more.
A Very, Very Large Coral
I’ve often wondered just how large a single coral specimen can get, and I think this might be a contender for the ‘largest coral I’ve ever seen award’.…... Read more.
“Dead” fish comes back alive while being flushedÂ
A Twitter post shows a young woman moving her betta named Dane from a small cup into a new fish bowl. To her shock, the fish appears to go catatonic (immobilized)... Read more.