On Monday, I counted down a top ten list of new reef fishes described in the last year, and in this list we’ll be reminiscing over a few more of 2016’s biggest finds. There were so many incredible new discoveries, many of which were made thanks to the tireless efforts of aquarium collectors. [...]
Centropyge abei, from Palau, 2007. Credit: John Earle The inimitable Koji Wada of BlueHarbor has added yet another feather to his cap with what is likely the first specimen of Abe’s Angelfish to ever find its way into a retail aquarium store. Collected from the Coral Sea at the absurd depth [...]
These three angelfishes form an unexpected clade within the phylogeny of Pomacanthidae. Note the placement of narcosis’ spot versus arcuatus’ stripe and colini’s back. Photo credit: Lemon TYK. In gross review of the vast piscine fauna distributed around the globe, there are perhaps few [...]
