
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 make... 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, often... 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’s... Read more.

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 identities,... 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 living... 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 Angelfish... 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 the... 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 is... 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.