Channa pardalis sp. nov
Snakeheads are oddball fish equipped with air-breathing organs, thus able to breath air from the surface of the water. Some species remain relatively small, but some get very large; the C.paradalis
Arothron multilineatus
It strikes us that such a conspicuous, large (20 inch/50cm) fish with such a wide-ranging distribution in relatively shallow (SCUBA-depth) tropical waters is only now formally described.
If you’ve seen the 1998 movie ‘The Red Violin,’ ‘The Dragon Behind the Glass’ is reminiscent in its storytelling. Voigt’s journalistic pursuit spans fifteen nations (from the USA to Singapore, Brazil to Myramar) in her quest to explore the science, legend, and even criminal underbelly of the world’s most prestigious fish.
Photo by Lehigh Valley Veterinary Dermatology/Facebook
Meet Mr. Hot Wing. This goldfish was born without a lower jawbone. Without this bone, a fish can not fully open its mouth, which is a big problem when it comes to eating foods and pumping fresh water to the gills.
A beautiful pink Stylophora pistillata. Photo by Dr. Scott Mills (c.c.)
Scientists have long known that corals can produce hydrogen peroxide but have previously thought that H2O2 was a byproduct of the symbiotic relationship between the photosynthetic zooxanthallae and the coral host.
Many of you may notice the seasons seem backwards (i.e. vegetation in Winter and Spring, bare branches in Summer). That’s because the aquascaper, Federic Fuss, is Brazilian; the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are reversed.
Snapping/pistol shrimp with his goby partner. Photo by Steve Childs.
From the University of Adelaide
Snapping shrimps, the loudest invertebrate in the ocean, may be silenced under increasing ocean acidification, a University of Adelaide study has found.
The five new species are described in Zootaxa. These crabs are semi-aquatic crabs, much like fiddler crabs who spend a part of their lives out of the water. All photos by Tejas Thackeray.
