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 for Marine Exploration are out at Pohnpei hoping to find them. As part of this expedition, the team...
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 been found in Japanese waters, and it has also probably never been put on public display until now....
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 are the ubiquitous “Zoas” and “Palys” that fill many an aquarium, as well as the equally common “Yellow...
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 found in the Indo-Pacific, where at least 14 species are known. By far the most frequently seen of these is...
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. Most of what we’ve seen so far have been tiny little gobies that would have been nearly impossible to...
The above fish was collected at around 120 feet in Kiritimati (AKA Christmas Island) on the eastern edge of Polynesia and was suggested to be a hybrid of the only two species of Apolemichthys present in this region: the Goldflake Angelfish (A. xanthopunctatus) and...
Biological Controls Multiple species of Elacatinus Cleaner Gobies have been shown to severely reduce the presence of skin flukes in captivity, though their success rate appears somewhat variable (~50-99%) and may relate to maintaining the right ratio of cleaners to...
One of the most frequently encountered parasites of marine aquarium fishes is a mean-spirited flatworm known as the skin fluke. You can find this insidious invertebrate dining upon the skin and mucous of wrasses, angelfishes, butterflyfishes, rabbitfishes, triggerfishes and many other groups—as a rule of thumb, the more money you spend on an aquarium fish, the more likely it is to have skin flukes.…
https://www.facebook.com/dejongmarinelife/videos/1026363297459503/ It's a fine Tuesday for fans of rare angelfishes, as the video above, shared by De Jong Marinelife, shows off the latest Centropyge debelius to turn up, seemingly the first in more than a year. Known...
https://youtu.be/YXnD0Ga4vms It’s been a busy summer for wrasse fans. First came the discovery of a new pencil wrasse, and it was just last week that we were introduced to a new Halichoeres from Mauritius. Now, we are treated to what is likely to be an undescribed...