The Pacific leaping blenny is a weird, gifted reef fish
Just two blennies sunbathing. These fish like being out of their element. Photo by Patti (C.C.)
Below is a video of the Pacific leaping blenny (Alticus... Read more.
Strongest underwater glue ever inspired by bivalves
An adhesive that works under water and is modeled after those created by shellfish for sticking to surfaces has been shown to be stronger than many commercial... Read more.
Sparkly! A new species of triplefin blenny
Helcogramma atauroensis, fresh photograph, male, Fatuu, Ataúro Island, Timor-Leste (M.V. Erdmann)
Triplefin blennies are described for their three distinctly... Read more.
Two new species of deep-water Grammatonotus fishes from Pohnpei
Grammatonotus xanthostigma. Pohnpei; BPBM 41294, 57 mm SL. Photograph by Brian D. Greene.
Groppos are anthias-like Callanthiidae fish currently native... Read more.
The evolution of one of the world’s best reef tanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YFx72tNVmA
And here is a live video (much of it underwater and in 4K!) of Viking V’s tank that we’ve published before... Read more.
Understanding how corals respond to stresses
Stanford graduate student Lupita Ruiz-Jones takes a sample from the corals near Ofu Island, American Samoa. (Image credit: Zack Gold)
From the University... Read more.
Be careful with zinc levels in your reef
The abstract of the paper published in PeerJ sums up the findings nicely:
Zinc levels in artificial seawater are often unnaturally elevated, and thus potentially... Read more.
Orphek introduces new Atlantik V4 with novel spectrum
Orphek explains their decision to add infrared LEDs, stating:
“If you think about red light, you must also recognize that our coral come from different... Read more.
One of the sexiest fairy wrasses ever
O.M.G.
“Serious buyers” can pre-order this specimen for the eye-popping sum of $3,800 by visiting Singapore Reef Club’s facebook page... Read more.
Rare damselfish hybrid found on GBR
Color features that separate this hybrid from both D. aruanus and D. reticulatus are marked in red
Most of the marine fish hybrids we have seen are from... Read more.