Invasive Blue Xenia Is Spreading Quickly In Brazil!!!
Back in May, I reported on the discovery of a large population of Blue Xenia (Sansibia) which had become established in the rocky reefs near Rio de Janeiro. These... Read more.
Here’s A Rarely Seen Hemiscyllium Shark Walking Around An Aquarium
The Hemiscyllium sharks are some of the best-suited species for the home aquarium. They’re small (for a shark) at under one meter; they’re relatively peaceful... Read more.
Sméagol Hates Nasty Hobbitses, But Does He Hate This New Hobbit Shrimp?
“In a hole in a sea squirt there lived a palaemonid shrimp.” J.R.R. Tolkien Odontonia is an obscure little genus of Indo-Pacific shrimps which... Read more.
Plectranthias ahiahiata, Easter Island’s Colorful New Sunset Perchlet
Last March, a team of researchers from the California Academy of Sciences descended upon the isolated South Pacific island of Rapa Nui (AKA Easter Island) with suitcases... Read more.
A “Bald” Ocellaris Clownfish & A Hybrid Fairy Wrasse
Here’s an unusual mutation that’s perhaps never been documented before—an Ocellaris Clownfish that’s missing its anterior stripe. Sure, stripeless clownfish... Read more.
An Undescribed Roaops Butterflyfish in the South Pacific
The butterflyfishes in the subgenus Roaops comprise a small and distinctive group of mesophotic species, hugely popular among aquarists thanks to their colorful... Read more.
Australia’s Red & Yellow Iconaster Sea Star
The Double Sea Star (Iconaster longimanus) is, by all accounts, a relatively rare creature in the wild. For instance, one diver reports having seen just a single... Read more.
Newly Discovered Blackdwarf Shrimpgoby Is World’s Smallest Shrimpgoby
If one were to take a Yellow Watchman Goby and cross it with a Trimma Goby, the result might be something that looks a lot like the Blackdwarf Shrimpgoby (Cryptocentrus... Read more.
Bluemouth Damselfish, A Rare New Species Known From Just One Unusual Island
When it comes to damselfishes, the drably colored species are a dime a dozen. There are scores of seemingly identical, interchangeable taxa out there, many of which... Read more.
Centrogenys, A Confusing Fish That Makes No Sense
Centrogenys vaigiensis has been known to science for nearly two-hundred years, but, in all that time, we’ve yet to crack the mystery of what this fish is supposed... Read more.