The chrysopterus Group
Amphiprion chrysopterus, commonly known as the Bluestripe or Orangefin Clownfish, has traditionally been regarded as part of a diverse group, allied with the ubiquitous A.…
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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 expensive than most of its relatives.…
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 & Ocellaris Clownfishes (A.…
Clownfish Biodiversity: An Introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJjbPv8UKFY 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 source of fascination among naturalists since the 18th century, and...
Top Ten New Fish Species From 2018
It’s time once again to recap the year in fish. We’ll be counting down all the exciting new species named this year (and be sure to check out the Top Ten Reef Finds for a look at some other juicy discoveries).…
2018, The Year In Corals
By all accounts, 2018 was a bit of a down year for corals. When people weren’t busy carving their names into them, they were busy wiping them from the planet with climate change.
Yeah, it’s not the greatest time to be a coral.…
Top Ten Reef Finds Of 2018
It’s mid-December, which means that it’s finally time to recap the year in coral reefs. 2018 brought with it an embarrassment of riches when it came to juicy reef discoveries. There were plenty of strange corals sighted, along with an overwhelming variety of newly described fishes, but I’ll be featuring those in separate posts.…
Lipogramma idabel, A Surprising New Basslet From The Caribbean
The little Lipogramma basslets are proving to be one of the most diverse and fascinating groups of reef fishes in the Caribbean. The dozen or so species in this genus (two of which were just described back in January) present an array of eye-catching color, correlating with a complex evolutionary history driven by geographically and ecologically induced patterns of speciation.…
BREAKING NEWS: A Possible New Species Of Damselfish Just Found In Madagascar
This gorgeous damselfish was just collected in Northeast Madagascar by Blue Ocean SARL, and it may represent the first image of a newly discovered species, possibly one which is endemic to this small corner of the Indo-Pacific.…
Dear People, Stop Carving Words Into Corals
https://www.facebook.com/vince.tenchavez/videos/10156896216086977/
I can’t believe that this needs to be said, but could you please not carve words into corals.
Can scleractinian graffiti just not be a thing?…