There's a lot to unpack with this dark-headed [...]
The collectors at Dynasty Marine might very well have stumbled upon the first record of hybridization among the deepwater basslets in the genus Liopropoma. The fish seen here combines an interesting mix of traits found in two closely related species from South Florida, the Swissguard Basslet (L. [...]
One of the most rarely seen pufferfishes in the Indo-Pacific, the recently described Arothron multilineatus, has just been documented swimming about in the shallow reefs of the Red Sea. This marks one of just a handful of confirmed sightings for this enigmatic creature and reignites the lingering [...]
https://youtu.be/Ic_G6njmYj0?t=4s Interspecies hybridization is an inherently fascinating biological phenomenon that can potentially offer us insight into the process of evolution and speciation on coral reefs. Aquarists have always admired such aberrant fishes for their unique aesthetic [...]
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 [...]
Explore the confusing genetics of the Powder Brown [...]
Update: The original version of this article misidentified this specimen as the first record of the Orangefin Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) to be found in the Philippines. And indeed, the population of that species occurring in the Mariana Islands does looks remarkably similar in [...]
