by Austin Lefevre | Nov 21, 2022 | Fish, Industry
It’s a fish eat fish world out there. Wild fishes face daunting lives in nature; everything in the ocean either wants to eat you or outcompete you for territory or mates. Collection for the aquarium is only the beginning of a hectic and stressful time in their... by Joe Rowlett | Nov 14, 2022 | Fish
An unusual fish that's not what it seems by Lemon T.Y.K | Nov 7, 2022 | Fish
The Philippines and its satellite islands form one of the richest hotspots for biodiversity in the Coral Triangle as well as the Western Pacific Ocean. It is here that many of the characteristically charming species that we’ve come to know and love originate... by Lemon T.Y.K | Oct 24, 2022 | Fish
The genus Prognathodes is perhaps the most phylogenetically intractable of the long-nosed butterflyfishes. Unlike Chelmon and Forcipiger, Prognathodes is highly speciose, with a majority of its members having a great affinity for deep waters, far removed from the... by Noel Heinsohn | Oct 3, 2022 | Fish, Science
Recently, on a stock-up run at my local wholesaler, I came across a species of butterflyfish that I haven’t seen in quite a while. The butterflyfish was non other than Johnranallia nigrirostris (otherwise called by its common names: barberfish and black-nose... by Joe Rowlett | Sep 26, 2022 | Fish
https://youtu.be/KMe3PRkRRCI In 2009, Japanese researcher Jiro Sakaue of the Southern Marine Laboratory made a sensational ichthyological discovery, arguably the single most important find since the coelacanth was first hauled up some 70 years...