Obscure Reef Creatures – a Pleasantly Polychromatic Plesionika
Plesionika is a highly diverse and poorly known group of delicate shrimps that constitutes a considerable crustacean component of mesophotic reefs throughout the... Read more.
Obscure Reef Creatures – the Blackbelly Blenny (Stathmonotus hemphillii)
Lurking throughout the Caribbean is a petite piscine which rarely goes noticed and of which little is written—the Blackbelly Blenny. This charismatic little fish... Read more.
We’ve Been Misidentifying Trimma tevegae This Whole Time!
The genus Trimma is a vast and challenging group of tiny reef-associated fishes (known variably as pygmygobies or dwarfgobies), with perhaps as many as 200 species,... Read more.
A Quick Review of the Barred Anthias & How to Identify Them
Yesterday we discussed a sensational new species of anthias that has been turning up regularly in Micronesia— a member of a widespread Indo, Pacific species group... Read more.
Has the True Centropyge shepardi Been Found in the Philippines?
The Mariana Arc exists at a biogeographical crossroads situated neatly between the distinctive faunas of Japan, Micronesia and the Western Pacific, and, though it... Read more.
The Beautiful (& Still Scientifically Undescribed) Micronesian Double Bar Anthias
The mesophotic reefs of Micronesia are teeming with undescribed species, and right now a group of researchers from the California Academy of Science and the Association... Read more.
Meet the World’s Largest Zoa (It’s HUGE!!!)
The Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan recently scored big with one of the most rarely seen and remarkable corals around. This giant polyp had until now never before... Read more.
An Unusual New Species of Solitary, Sand-dwelling Zoa
If you’ve ever kept a reef aquarium, then you’re probably already familiar with the soft corals that are classified within the Order Zoantharia. Included here... Read more.
A Second Species of Odontanthias Has Just Been Described From The Atlantic
The bulky, deepwater fishes of the genus Odontanthias are some of the most lusted after anthias in the aquarium trade. The majority of this group’s diversity is... Read more.
A Beautiful New Dwarf Scorpionfish from Caribbean Mesophotic Reefs
There seems to be a never-ending stream of new species being discovered in the Caribbean thanks to the efforts of the Curasub and researchers at the Smithsonian.... Read more.