The Amphiprion anemonefishes are a group in desperate need of renewed taxonomic study. Despite there being numerous books and articles devoted to this hugely popular genus, our understanding of their evolutionary history and speciation is still quite piecemeal and...
The Blue-spotted Stingray (Taeniura lymma) is one of the more iconic coral reef fishes of the Indo-Pacific and, with its caerulean good looks, it’s also one of the most popular members of the stingray family within the aquarium trade. You might think that a fish as...
In an enormous new publication cataloging the taxonomy and classification of anemones and corallimorphs (all 1,100 or so species of them), several common aquarium species have been given some new nomenclature. Compiled by one of the world’s leading authorities on the...
https://youtu.be/bpvHqAsNVH0 The newly released video game Abzû is ready to take you on an adventure under the sea. Available for PS4 and PC, players undertake a journey through a mysterious underwater realm full of stunning aquatic visuals, with at times thousands of...
Seahorses have seen a major shakeup overnight with the publication of a major revision to the group’s taxonomy. For about as long as we’ve known about them, these whimsical creatures have challenged our ability to accurately recognize their true species diversity,...
Plesionika is a highly diverse and poorly known group of delicate shrimps that constitutes a considerable crustacean component of mesophotic reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific. Several species have been known to sporadically show up in aquarium exports (most often in...
https://youtu.be/fwNfb-EJ3L0 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 is not quite like anything else available to aquarists, especially with...
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, many of which still await scientific description. Though they are ubiquitous on Indo-Pacific reefs,...
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 that is only seldom seen in the aquarium trade. Unfortunately, despite their obvious aesthetic appeal,...
The Mariana Arc exists at a biogeographical crossroads situated neatly between the distinctive faunas of Japan, Micronesia and the Western Pacific, and, though it shares species with all three of these regions, it also has a handful of unique taxa found nowhere else....