It’s a great day for all the wrasse fans out there, as yet another beautiful species of Pseudojuloides has been made known to science. This diverse group now numbers thirteen species in total and has been growing by leaps and bounds in the past few years with the...
Like a pug or a bulldog, the Indian Handfish is just weird enough to be considered cute. This crawling pancake of a fish is quite a rarity in the aquarium trade and tends to be more often observed from deep sea submersibles than anywhere near a coral reef. But RVS...
There’s been plenty of press recently over the new Finding Dory movie and its inevitable effect on the aquarium trade. Much has been written in the media expressing concern that there might be a mass over-collection of Dories (the Pacific Blue Tang Paracanthurus...
There are somewhere around 88 recognized species of Chaetodon butterflyfish swimming around the coral reefs of the world, which makes it quite challenging when it comes to keeping track of all this biodiversity. Systems for classifying this mess have varied...
Back in February, I wrote about a beautiful and mysterious Cirrhilabrus that had recently been documented from the Ogasawara Islands of Japan. It created quite a bit of conversation amongst scientists and aquarists alike. Was this a newly discovered species? Was it a...
In an evolutionary sense, there are many organisms in our reef tanks that stem from very old lineages of animal life. Sponges and corals have been around for several hundred million years, and, in that time, these groups have undergone a good deal of evolutionary...
https://youtu.be/UvxJEi-vER0 It’s not everyday that we get to witness the actual collection of a newly discovered species, but, thanks to the efforts of the Curasub and a team of Smithsonian researchers, we can join along as the brand new Godzilla Goby was first...
The smallest members of the angelfish family belong to a distinctive group named Xiphypops, which includes such common aquarium species as the Cherub, Flameback and Fisher’s Angelfishes. This group is noteworthy for its circumtropical distribution—these being the only...
Deepwater fishes hold an undeniable fascination in the hearts and minds of many an aquarist, but, alas, these bizarre denizens of the deep are impossible to acquire for the home hobbyist. However, what is often not appreciated is that there are several groups of...
https://youtu.be/50rxa_iU5aQ The genus Serranus is a diverse (29 species) group comprised of small basses and familiar to aquarists for the many small and intricately patterned Caribbean species that find their way into our fish tanks, but these aquarium species are...