The Nicest White Tang Ever.
Here it is, the best looking “white tang” that has ever been collected… a perfect contrast of vibrant yellow fins set against a stark white body. The effect... Read more.
The Rariphotic Zone Is The Newest, Deepest Reef
The study of coral reef biodiversity has in some ways become a competition to see who can go deeper. In the 1970’s, it was Jack Randall diving to 40+ meters in... Read more.
Dark As A Moonless Night, The Hypermelanistic Achilles Tang
The Achilles Tang (Acanthurus achilles) has to be one of the most visually iconic species in the Central Pacific. With its dark body and restrained use of orange... Read more.
The Purple Paratrimma Of The Unfortunate Islands
Chile isn’t a nation that normally enters into the conversation when discussing coral reef fishes, but, thanks to a few remote islands in its possession, the country... Read more.
Data on Survival Rates for Selected Starfish and Hermits
The supply chain necessary to get an organism from a remote Pacific reef to your aquarium is long and convoluted and, by design, rather opaque to the end... Read more.
What Is The Saint-Marie Anemonefish?
The concept of a “species” is fundamental to our understanding of the world around us, but it’s a surprisingly indefinable quality when applied to the myriad... Read more.
AMAZING Video Of Australia’s Mesophotic Reef Fishes
The mesophotic coral ecosystems along Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have been revealing some exciting discoveries in recent years. Thanks primarily to the efforts... Read more.
A (Not So) New Species Of Caribbean Damselfish
During a 2013 survey of coral reef fishes near Veracruz, Mexico, researchers noted the presence of a small, shoaling fish that had never before been seen in the... Read more.
“Menephorus”, A Rarely Seen Caribbean Fish
The strange fish seen in this photograph was recently spotted by California Academy of Sciences ichthyologist Dr. Luiz Rocha on an expedition to the remote Trindade... Read more.
Reef Fishes Named In Aquarium Magazines
Tropical Fish Hobbyist (TFH) and the recently defunct Freshwater and Marine Aquarium (FAMA) were the leading aquarium publications during the latter half of the... Read more.