With the Hawaii Land Board’s decision last month, the battle over the aquarium fishery in Hawaii continues. The future of what many top scientists regard as one of the most sustainable near shore fisheries in the world is uncertain. Most people in the trade and hobby are at least somewhat [...]
The first images of an extremely uncommon surgeonfish [...]
This fish looks better in yellow. Maybe this could be a future captive-breeding [...]
Acanthurus tractus X Acanthurus coeruleus, from Florida. Credit: Dynasty Marine A general rule among most hybrids is that the two parent species need to be closely related to produce progeny. We see this maxim pop up again and again among reef fishes. This is why we can get a Bluespicuous [...]
I see an Achilles Tang and I want it painted [...]
Hybrid C. flavocoronatus X C. burgessi from Cagayan, Philippines. Credit: Barnett Shutman / RVS Fishworld In recent years, we’ve been seeing a surprising number of fishes from the Central Pacific washing ashore at Cagayan in the Northern Philippines—Lemonpeel Angelfish, Helfrichi [...]