Frogspawn & Hammer Corals (Might) Have A New Name
Coral taxonomy has been changing at a blistering pace in the past few years, all thanks to advancements in our understanding of the group’s complex evolutionary... Read more.
Two New Species Of Pencil Wrasses (Pseudojuloides)
There was a time, not long ago, when Pseudojuloides cerasinus was considered a widespread species occurring all across the Indo-Pacific, from Africa in the west... Read more.
New Video Shows How Hybrid Centropyge Are Made
The small, isolated reefs of Christmas Island and the Cocos-Keeling Islands are uniquely situated in the Indo-Pacific, allowing for an intermixing of species that... Read more.
Chelidoperca tosaensis, Japan’s New Red-spot Perchlet
Chelidoperca tosaensis is the newest fish to be described from Japan, but what exactly is it? This isn’t such an easy question to answer, as we’ll soon see.... Read more.
Hedera caerulescens, North Carolina’s Mysterious New Blue Coral
The corals found along the eastern coastline of the United States are among the best studied in the world, making it one of the least likely places to discover a... Read more.
Pseudanthias vizagensis, Is The Vizag Anthias Really A New Species?
Earlier this year, a beautiful new species of anthias was described in what can only be described as an incredibly obscure scientific journal, and, as tends to happen... Read more.
Nudiantennarius “Rediscovered” After More Than A Century
In 1909, the USS Albatross was midway through a research expedition in the Philippines when it stumbled upon a strange new species of frogfish. A single specimen... Read more.
Navigobius kaguya, A New Dartfish That’s Already Familiar To Aquarists
Earlier this year, I wrote at length about a colorful new species of dartfish which was collected from the Philippines for the aquarium trade, and, just a few months... Read more.
Making Sense Of The Neon Damselfishes
There’s a famous quote attributed to the great British geneticist J.B.S. Haldane. When asked by a theologian about his thoughts concerning the nature of god, he... Read more.
Meet The Steinhart Aquarium’s Undescribed Tosanoides
The phenomenal Twilight Zone: Deep Reefs Revealed exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences is legendary among aquarists for all the rare marinelife... Read more.