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�... 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 occas... 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 mig... 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 h... Read more.
Monday Archives: In Praise Of Parapercis… The Top Ten Sandperches
Sandperches are a hugely diverse and surprisingly ubiquitous part of the Indo-Pacific fish fauna, but, despite their abundance in the wild, few ever seem to mak... Read more.
Monday Archives: Parapercis altipinnis, A New Deepwater Sandperch From Cebu
Late last year, a curious sandperch showed up at the Dutch aquarium wholesaler De Jong Marinelife. It had originated from Cebu, in the Philippines, from a depth... Read more.
Monday Archives: A Xanthic Blackstreak Surgeonfish & A Blue Orange-shoulder Surgeonfish
Color aberrations are a relatively common sight among surgeonfishes and tangs. The Scopas Tang (Zebrasoma scopas) seems especially prone to this phenomenon, oft... Read more.
Monday Archives: New Video Of A Very Deep, Very Undescribed Wrasse
Wrasses are primarily a shallow-water group. The vast majority of this family’s biodiversity can be encountered in the upper 100 feet or so of the world’... Read more.