Monday Archives: Stony Coral Origins: Their Evolution and Diversification (Part 1)
The evolutionary history of corals is a fascinating subject, recounting one of the oldest lineages of multicellular animal life. This story is full of mistaken ... Read more.
Monday Archives: The Kojiro Goby: A Remarkable and Beautiful New Species
It’s not unusual to see a new species of goby described from Indo-Pacific waters—in fact, thirteen have been described since March of this year. We are livi... Read more.
Monday Archives: A Bewilderingly Blue Pygmy Angelfish From Fiji
This unusual pygmy angelfish comes courtesy of Quality Marine and was sourced from Fiji… but what is it? Your first guess might be the endemic Blue Velvet Ang... Read more.
Monday Archives: Protanguilla, The Primitive Cave Eel of Palau
https://youtu.be/KMe3PRkRRCI In 2009, Japanese researcher Jiro Sakaue of the Southern Marine Laboratory made a sensational ichthyological discovery, arguably th... Read more.
Monday Archives: Dascyllus strasburgi – Ghost of the Marquesas
There are few reef fishes quite so maligned among aquarists as Dascyllus, the Humbug Damselfishes. Because of their argumentative nature, this ubiquitous group ... Read more.
Monday Archives: Behold, The First Images Of A Live Ruby Seadragon!
Seadragons are among the most bizarre and charismatic of marine creatures, relying on their impeccable camouflage to perfectly blend into the algae-filled reefs... Read more.
Monday Archives: Bubble Vision Is Back With Some Amazing Reef Macrophotography
The nature documentaries of Nick Hope (AKA Bubble Vision) are some of the finest ever made on coral reef ecosystems and should be considered mandatory viewing ... Read more.
Monday Archives: Completely New Type Of Organism Discovered Living On Brain Coral
Ancoracysta twisti is very small, consisting of just a single cell 14 μm in length, but it’s discovery is proving to be quite large. This newly described spe... Read more.
Monday Archives: Fluorescent Fairy Wrasses
In the ocean, longer wavelengths of light (i.e. red) are quickly filtered out, so that with increasing depth the red pigmentation of marine life takes on increa... Read more.
Monday Archives: Hybrid Butterflyfishes From the Philippines
A couple interesting butterflyfish hybrids have turned up in the Philippines, giving us the opportunity to guess the parentage behind these strange genetic amal... Read more.