Monday Archives: Tosanoides annepatrice, Another Jawdroppingly Colorful Anthias To Drool Over
It’s Tosanoides Tuesday for the second week in a row! Just last week that we were greeted to the resplendent beauty of Tosanoides aphrodite—a species that’s... Read more.
Monday Archives: A Fireworks Jelly (Halitrephes) To Ring In The New Year
What better way is there to ring in the new year than a deep sea jelly that’s exploding with color? Halitrephes maasi is a spectacular hydromedusan that’s... Read more.
Diversity & Evolution of the Chrysiptera hemicyanea Complex: Part 3
“Yellowtail Damselfish” C. parasemaRange: Philippines north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Sabah, Java Sea, Flores Etymology: Greek “streamer”, allegedly... Read more.
Diversity & Evolution of the Chrysiptera hemicyanea Complex: Part 2
“Springer’s Damselfish” C. springeriRange: Indonesia, though likely absent from the Java Sea and Sumatra. Etymology: After ichthyologist Dr. Victor Springer... Read more.
Diversity & Evolution of the Chrysiptera hemicyanea Complex: Part 1
Damselfishes are usually thought of as a cheap staple of the aquarium trade, more often treated as “starter fish” than desirable species in their own right.... Read more.
Monday Archives: Austrolethops – a Naked, Vegetarian Reef Goby
Of the roughly 1,100 species in the Family Gobiidae, there may be none stranger than Austrolethops wardi, a bizarrely shaped fish with even more-bizarre... Read more.
Monday Archives: A Mysterious, Undescribed Clownfish From Chagos
The Chagos Archipelago is comprised of a small isolated group of coral atolls located to the south of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and is home to the world’s... Read more.
Monday Archives: The Beautiful & Rare Darwin Jawfish
There are only a handful of jawfishes that seem to be regularly collected for aquarists (Yellowheads and Bluespots… Duskys and Gold Specs… the occasional... Read more.
Monday Archives: This Bizarre Ruby Dragonet Might Be A True Hermaphrodite
An unusual dragonet recently turned up in the Philippines, and it’s leaving fish nerds around the world scratching their heads. While at first glance this might... Read more.
Monday Archives: Extremely Rare Hairfin Triggerfish (Abalistes filamentosus) Collected
One of the most seldom seen members of the triggerfish family was recently collected for the aquarium trade—Abalistes filamentosus. In fact, this fish is so hard... Read more.