One new dwarf goby described, another redescribed
Eviota flebilis. Photo by T. Suzuki.The new goby, Eviota bilunula, is only known from Fiji. Specimens were collected at 13.5 m depth. The redescribed... Read more.
Mass spawning of 2800 transplanted Acropora
Synchronous spawning of outplanted Acropora tenuis.Onna Village Fisheries Cooperative, Okinawa, Japan, has outplanted more than 40 scleractinian coral... Read more.
Would you “keep” a realistic robotic fish?
The Miro-9 in blue (on display stand)In 2012, AIRO introduced its first bio-mimetic (biological-mimicking) aquatic robot called the FIRO. The MIRO,... Read more.
New ways to measure fish personality
Blood parrot cichlids are a captive bred fish with big personalities.Aquaculture experts from the University of Stirling and the Institute for Food... Read more.
Corals and zooxanthallae: A 210 million year old relationship
This polished fossil slab used in the study dates to more than 210 million years ago and contains well-preserved symbiotic corals. The fossils were collected in... Read more.
Where your corals are collected matters
Porites astreoides with Spirobranchus giganteus (Xmas Tree Worms). Photo by Marie StraderThe findings of the study shouldn’t surprise reefkeepers... Read more.
The puffiest pufferfish
Fat angry chipmunck? Pokemon? Nope. A puffed dogface puffer.Just look at this face. It may look comical and adorable, but remember that this... Read more.
A much-needed balanced perspective about the marine aquarium trade
Photograph by Michaela Clemence. Via National GeographicNational Geographic is now conducting a poll for their People’s Choice for Adventurers... Read more.
That odor Acros give off when out of water
Corals exposed to air during low tide smell bad … but for a good reason.While the smell of corals is a combination of chemicals (coral reefs are... Read more.
A new Papiliolebias killifish
Papiliolebias habluetzeliFrom 1989 to 2009, Papiliolebias was a monotypic (single species) genus. Every couple of years starting 2009, a new species... Read more.