by Lemon T.Y.K | Aug 19, 2024 | Fish
After last week’s foray into some rather unbecoming “reef” fishes, we’ll make a Uey back into familiar territory. Literally nothing is more familiar to the casual aquarist than angelfishes and surgeonfishes.…
by Joe Rowlett | Jun 10, 2017 | Science
The mid-18th century marks the beginning of the modern science of coral reef biology, and one of the first great researchers from this era was a young Swedish naturalist by the name of Peter...
by Lemon T.Y.K | Sep 28, 2016 | Fish, Science
Cirrhilabrus is undeniably one of my favorite labrid genera, and so it comes as no surprise that today’s instalment of epithet etymology highlights yet another species in this speciose genus.…
by Lemon T.Y.K | Sep 26, 2016 | Fish, Science
It has been a while since our last installation of epithet etymology, and, to make up for the absence in posts, we’ll feature a truly stunning fish from the butterflyfish genus Chaetodon.…
by Lemon T.Y.K | Apr 20, 2016 | Fish, Reef, Science
Today’s instalment of epithet etymology features two species of reef fish displaying extreme dichotomy in nearly all aspects of their biology – the first, known only as a rare, reclusive denizen of deep reef slopes, while the other, a common and highly...
