The Evolution and Biogeography of Pseudojuloides: Part 4
The mesostigma Group: Black-spot (mesostigma) & Lightning Pencil Wrasses (P. zeus) Two poorly studied and seldom encountered species are known in t... Read more.
The Evolution and Biogeography of Pseudojuloides: Part 3
The severnsi Group: Royal (severnsi), African (edwardi), & Mauritian (erythrops) Pencil Wrasses The three described species in this group share a n... Read more.
The Evolution and Biogeography of Pseudojuloides: Part 2
The elongatus Group: African (argyreogaster), Japanese (cf elongatus), Western (cf elongatus) & Eastern Australian (elongatus) Seaweed WrassesThe four k... Read more.
The Evolution and Biogeography of Pseudojuloides: Part 1
The slender and elegant Pseudojuloides wrasses represent some of the most colorful and sought after species in the reef aquarium hobby, but, despite their endur... Read more.
Rare and beautiful Pterogobius from Japan
There’s something about the waters of the Pacific Northwest that seems to encourage the creation of unusually beautiful species. Centropyge interrupta… Cirr... Read more.
Ultra rare Nursalim Flasherwrasse filmed for the first time
We finally have video for one of the rarest wrasses of the Indo-Pacific, a species only discovered in the last decade and which has yet to be collected for th... Read more.
Newly described damselfishes expand our understanding of Coral Triangle speciation
Earlier this year I wrote a review for a popular group of damselfishes—the Chrsyiptera hemicyanea complex—that show a complicated pattern of regional specia... Read more.
Pygmy Jawfish filmed in the wild for the first time
It was just last week that I shared the story of the Pygmy Jawfish, an undescribed species of dwarf Opistognathus with some truly spectacular mating colors. An... Read more.
Rare melanistic clownfish collected in Philippines
This melanistic Tomato Anemonefish (Amphiprion frenatus) was found at Surigao, a region at the northern tip of Mindanao, near the Visayan Islands of the Centra... Read more.
A first look at “Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough”
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been counting the days until the BBC broadcasts its upcoming nature documentary on the Great Barrier Reef, presented by t... Read more.