Monday Archives: Blue-eyes (Pseudomugil) Are A Perfect Reef-safe Nano Fish
One of the biggest frustrations with keeping smaller reef aquariums, particularly those under five gallons, is in finding fish species that are suitable for suc... Read more.
Monday Archives: An Ode to the Beautiful Blennies of Cirripectes
Blennies are a diverse lot, with some 400+ species scattered across several dozen genera, but, out of all this taxonomic richness, only a small number of these ... Read more.
The Frenatus Group
The final group left to examine are the Tomato Clownfishes, so named for the reddish coloration shared by several of the species in this lineage. These have a... Read more.
The Sandaracinos and Perideraion Groups
Most Amphiprion are aesthetically quite similar, but the so-called Skunk Clownfishes represent an exception to this rule. Nearly all of the fishes in this group... Read more.
The Polymnus Group
Saddleback clownfishes comprise the only Amphiprion group that occurs away from coral reefs, favoring silty lagoons and seagrass beds. In these habitats, the se... Read more.
The Allardi Group
Like the clarkii and chrysopterus groups, the allardi group can be recognized by its robust size, the presence of multiple vertical bars, and a generalist attit... Read more.
The Chrysopterus & Akindynos Groups
The chrysopterus Group Amphiprion chrysopterus, commonly known as the Bluestripe or Orangefin Clownfish, has traditionally been regarded as part of a diverse gr... Read more.
The Latezonatus & Clarkii Groups
The latezonatus Group The Latezonatus or Blue-lip Clownfish (A. latezonatus) is an unfamiliar species to aquarists, rarely available and considerably more expen... Read more.
The Percula & Biaculeatus Groups
The basal split in the evolution of clownfishes occurred roughly ten million years ago (Litsios et al 2014), resulting in a clade comprised of the Percula &... Read more.
Clownfish Biodiversity: An Introduction
Clownfishes are A-list celebrities of the coral reef. PIXAR’s Finding Nemo movies helped to bring them international recognition, but the group has been a sou... Read more.