It is often suggested that aquarists offer tangs the occasional piece of meaty food, despite the fact that they are commonly considered to be herbivorous. I always used to wonder at this advice, thinking to myself that I had seen countless numbers of tangs in the wild, yet they were always, [...]
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 [...]
