by Joe Rowlett | May 4, 2016 | Fish
RVS Fishworld never ceases to amaze with some of the unique piscine treasures they haul up from the Philippines. Featured here are a pair of one-of-a-kind catches that warrant discussion, as these unusual specimens represent some extraordinarily rare aberrations to... by Joe Rowlett | Dec 23, 2015 | Fish
We finally have video for one of the rarest wrasses of the Indo-Pacific, a species only discovered in the last decade and which has yet to be collected for the aquarium trade—the Nursalim Flasherwrasse (Parachelinus... by Joe Rowlett | Dec 22, 2015 | Fish
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... by Joe Rowlett | Dec 20, 2015 | Fish
This melanistic Tomato Anemonefish (Amphiprion frenatus) was found at Surigao, a region at the northern tip of Mindanao, near the Visayan Islands of the Central Philippines. Barnett Shutman of RVS Fishworld reports that this is the first melanistic specimen he has... by Joe Rowlett | Nov 21, 2015 | Fish, Science
R. xenops is found from the Hawaiian Archipelago, north to Midway Island, though it may also occur at nearby atolls like Wake Island and Johnston Atoll. This is the only species in the genus which occurs in Hawaii; compare that to Japan, where no less than five...