Various fluorescent fishes. Credit: Sparks et al 2014 In the ocean, longer wavelengths of light (i.e. red) are quickly filtered out, so that with increasing depth the red pigmentation of marine life takes on increasingly inky tones. This provides excellent camouflage in the darkness and is why [...]
A couple interesting butterflyfish hybrids have turned up in the Philippines, giving us the opportunity to guess the parentage behind these strange genetic amalgamations. You might want to take a moment to come up with your own hypothesis before clicking to see what I’ve come up with for [...]
Young Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus The following video depicts more young winter flounders than you can easily count. It’s a common sight in the shallow bays of Long Island at this time of year as the newly settled juveniles forage on abundant invertebrates in our [...]
One of the biggest frustrations with keeping smaller reef aquariums, particularly those under five gallons, is in finding fish species that are suitable for such tight accommodations. Despite the vast biodiversity of coral reef ecosystems, surprisingly little of this ichthyofauna is of an [...]
Hi friends, I have one beautiful squirrelfish for you all today found on the last day of operations on our recent trip to St. Eustatius. This colorful little treasure was about three inches in length and I remember Smithsonian being super excited because of this strange color pattern you see [...]
I may call him Peter to his face, but when I write it, I spell it PITA. Early last week he jumped into one of the overflows on my 120 tank, never a good thing but especially not so when a fish is 7” long and a solid three quarters of an inch thick! He’s lived with me for a couple of years [...]
Even though I don't get enormously excited by encounters with Moray Eels, I seem to have an awful lot of images of them, so here's a few more species from around the world. The fish below (and main image) is the Mediterranean Moray (Muraena helena). This species is found in the eastern [...]
