“Cirrhilabrus randalli is essentially a book fish, and the species has never been (and probably will never be) collected for the aquarium [...]
Wrasses are one of the most common fish in the aquarium trade but did you know that there are over 600 species of identified Wrasses within 82 genera; making Wrasses one of the largest fish families. Typically, wrasses are small in size with most maturing to under 8 inches long. [...]
Paracheilinus mccoskeri X P. attenuatus hybrid, form Kenya. Credit: Aquaseeker Of the twenty recognized species of Paracheilinus wrasses, few are quite so revered and expensive within the aquarium trade as P. attenuatus, known variably as the Seychelles Flasherwrasse, African Attenuate [...]
A group of Paracheilinus filamentosus in situ. Photo credit: Gerry Allen. The flasher wrasse genus Paracheilinus has never had a formal taxonomic revision, that is until now. In the latest paper published in the Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, Gerry Allen and Mark Erdmann attempt at [...]