The phenomenal Twilight Zone: Deep Reefs Revealed exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences is legendary among aquarists for all the rare marinelife it has on display. There’s nowhere else that you’ll find Roa rumsfeldi, Sacura speciosa and Lyrocteis imperatoris all in the same room, [...]
Slowly but surely, the undescribed butterflyfishes of the world are at long last getting the recognition they deserve. Last year, it was the Orangemargin Butterflyfish (Prognathodes basabei) that was given a proper scientific name after decades of anonymity, and the newest to join rank is Roa [...]
All of the really nice looking fish hang out below 100 meters, and it’s up to Luiz Rocha to discover them and take their photograph. His latest find is the Little Fairy Basslet (Sacura parva), a spectacular member of the anthias subfamily which has never before been photographed alive in its [...]