Last week, a number of small and rather unusual triggerfishes were collected from the Philippines, but their exact identity has remained a bit unclear. They were obtained from an obscure oceanic atoll known as Scarborough Shoal and were found swimming amidst numerous...
Hutomo’s Anthias might very well be the most beautiful species of Pseudanthias that you’ve never heard of. This breathtaking fish is only rarely photographed, and aquarium specimens have always been few and far between. In fact, only a handful of images exist online...
Do you love aggressive, territorial damselfishes which lose nearly all of their color with age? The kind of fish that starts off life with a promising blue complexion, only to mature into a dismal beast whose aesthetic deficiencies combine with a malice-filled heart...
Reef nerds, rejoice! NOAA's Okeanos Explorer is back in action after being on an extended break following last year's incredible expedition to the Mariana Islands. This season, everyone's favorite deep sea ROV is out and about combing the depths of American Samoa and...
One of the most rarely seen pufferfishes in the Indo-Pacific, the recently described Arothron multilineatus, has just been documented swimming about in the shallow reefs of the Red Sea. This marks one of just a handful of confirmed sightings for this enigmatic...
Whitechin Surgeonfish (Acanthurus albimento), holotype specimen from Northeast Luzon. Credit: J.T. Williams / Carpenter et al 2017It’s rare for a newly described species to be totally unexpected, but I think this accurately describes the situation with the Whitechin...
Unless you’re a serious reef fish junky, the pint-sized dartfishes in the genus Navigobius aren’t likely to be something on your radar. Though they possess an enviable palette of pink and yellow and blue and are the perfect size and disposition for smaller reef tanks,...
For what might be the very first time, a Signalfish has been collected for the aquarium trade. These captivating little fishes are poorly known thanks to their penchant for the kinds of deep, silty habitats which attract few recreational divers (and even fewer...
Stony corals are an ancient group, with a fossil record that stretches back hundreds of millions of years. Following the cataclysmic upheaval of the Permian Mass Extinction, which wiped out roughly 95% of marine life, the distinctive Tabulate and Rugose corals of the...
At first glance, the Bluespotted Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus) is a wholly unremarkable fish, sorely lacking in the intricate patterning and kaleidoscopic colors that one might expect from a pomacanthid. And, unsurprisingly, it tends to garner little...