I have a tiny one inch or less Varicus cephalocellatus, goby for you all today found by our world renowned scientists from the Smithsonian Institution using a deep sea submersible from Substation Curacao (yes where I used to work). For any ichthyologist finding these deep sea fish is about as [...]
Good morning out there, I hope you all had a great weekend and went out and did something fun. I have a small, three inch Sargocentron sp. or squirrelfish for you today once again found on our last expedition to St. Eustatius, which is a super tiny island in the Caribbean. Remember we talked about [...]
A new genus and species of the percoid family Symphysanodontidae, Cymatognathus aureolateralis are described based on three specimens collected from North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The new species shares characteristics with the confamilial genus Sym-physanodon and the fish has been given the common [...]
An entirely new genus(!) of fish has just been described from the mesophotic reefs of Indonesia, and, even more exciting, it becomes just the second genus to join the slopefish family. Cymatognathus aureolateralis, the Wavy Jaw Slopefish, is a stunning pink and yellow species which was discovered [...]
If you thought 112 species of dwarfgobies wasn’t quite enough, then allow me to introduce #113, the Paintedface Dwarfgoby (Eviota pictifacies), a rosy-cheeked fellow from shallow reefs of the Coral Triangle. Unlike so many of its drab relatives, this little goby is actually somewhat pleasing to [...]
Hi all, I believe this is a sponge loving goby of sorts and I’m working on more info for you, stay tuned… [...]
Hi friends, I have a little two inch Sphoeroides dorsalis for you all today which is super similar to the shallow water bandtail puffer that I have sent you all more than once. Unlike the bandtail this guy is found very deep, it’s smaller and is much more colorful than it’s shallow swimming [...]
To say that life can get pretty weird in the deep ocean is an understatement and the “Faceless Fish” is just another example of how bazaar life can be well below the surface. Found at depths between 13,000 and 16,500 feet deep, the faceless fish is thought to make its home throughout the [...]