Pygmy Jawfish (Anoptoplacus pygmaeus). The male specimen (top) has additional black coloration at the base of the anal fin and scattered across the head. The female (bottom) apparently lacks this patterning, suggesting that there is sexual dichromatism in this species. Credit: Smith-Vaniz [...]
https://youtu.be/0pqyAjix_-g It was just last week that I shared the story of the Pygmy Jawfish, an undescribed species of dwarf Opistognathus with some truly spectacular mating colors. And, wouldn't you know it, right after I posted that I happened to stumbled upon a couple of high quality [...]
The Pygmy Jawfish in its mating display. From Okinawa, 15m. Credit: Satoshi Ueda Indo-Pacific coral reefs are filled with a multitude of fishes thought to represent new species but which yet remain scientifically undescribed, seemingly stuck in taxonomic limbo as known unknowns. Think of the [...]
