Today’s Awesome Fish Spotlight features another Curaçao gem from the genus Serranus. We love Serranus, and over the years we’ve covered articles on a wide range of species from this genus. The genus attains highest development in the Atlantic, especially…
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Crosshatch basslet, Serranus luciopercanus gets a much needed photo and video update
The Caribbean is filled with tons of cool little basslets which are mostly limited to deeper waters, especially in the Serranus genus. The Snow Basslet and Tattler’s basslet have both already had their turn in the spotlight but this new…
Serranus luciopercanus, the crosshatch bass gets detailed in much better pics
The diminutive crosshatch bass, Serranus luciopercanus, is one of several deepwater gems which was recently harvested from the depths of Curacao. Like so many others, the crosshatch bass made it’s way one of Japan’s rare fish specialty stores, Blue Harbor.…
The deep sea is on display in Curacao
To most people the Mesophotic Zone is an entirely unknown part of the ocean that very few study and even fewer have physically visited. Yet these areas are more diverse than anticipated and contain a cornicopia of life from the…
Awesome Fish Spotlight: Serranus chionaraia, the snow basslet ushers in some Christmas festivities
While it may be snowing in your country right around this time of the year, the snow basslet for sure didn’t get its name from the same frozen rain that many have come to love. Or hate, especially if you…
Crosshatch bass and juvenile spanish flag make their way to the Blue Harbor
Looks like that planeload of rare Curacao reef fish flew right by Phoenix and straight to Japan’s Blue Harbor. The image above may be blurry but it’s still very exciting for us because it’s one of the only ones displaying…
