Eviota pamae is a newly described species of goby which shows that although there’s a lot of beautiful new species being discovered, some more beautiful than others. Looking every bit like a miniature of the coveted sunrise hogfish from Hawaii, the sunrise dwarf goby from Indonesia is incredible in living pictures. Two broad red stripes Read More

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As much as we think we know about the deep sea, having taken oodles of courses in marine science, ecology and biology, it’s still hard for us to imagine and picture the sheer diversity of creatures living down there. Once in a while we get a glimpse into the abyss like the recent video of Read More

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When we started watching this video we thought we were watching just another kinda nice underwater dive video but the footage turned exceptional, pretty quickly. In lieu of broad sweeping panoramic video of the entire reef, this video from Undersea Productions is particularly intimate, with lots of close ups of familiar aquarium reef life. Dottybacks, crabs, Read More

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This story was originally posted June 2010 and since then the reef aquarium hobby has enjoyed a steady supply of these unique beautiful corals. We know more than a few of you have picked some up for your own reef tanks.  Australomussa rowleyensis is not quite a chalice coral, not quite an LPS and although Read More

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Cirrhilabrus humanni is one of 25 new species to be documented from the East Indies, and will be featured in Allen and Erdmann’s new book. In May 2010, Ned and Anna De Loach documented a previously unknown fairy wrasse in the island of Alor, Indonesia. The characteristic appearance of this fish has led its discoverers to coin the Read More

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Project Banggai RESCUE is a unique new research project starting up to tackle issues plaguing the Banggai Cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni, in its native habitat. By tapping into the aquarium community for support via Kickstarter, the project pulls together a team of both aquarists and marine scientists to spearhead this initiaive with the main goal of preventing Banggai Read More

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Cirrhilabrus exquisitus is an ubiquitous species both in the wild and in the trade. The familiar fish is most often exported out of Africa but can be found in other parts of the world with a myriad of color forms. Like the ventralis anthias we covered the last time, the difference in these specimens from Read More

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Giganthias serratospinosus is a brand new species to be described from Lombok, Indonesia by William White and Dharmadi. Giganthias used to be a monotypic genus with only one member, G. immaculatus, that is until now. The range of G. immaculatus spans from Japan to Taiwan, but the new G. serratospinosus is an indo-pacific species, and Read More

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Synchiropus tudorjonesi is a new species of red colored dragonet that is most closely related to Synchiropus morrisoni from the Western Pacific. Synchiropus tudorjonesi is described from four specimens collected in Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia but it is also known from photographs in Bali. Although Synchiropus tudorjonesi looks similar to Synchiropus morrisoni with is overall reddish Read More

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Hybrids reef fish are sometimes a puzzle for your head, especially with closely related species. Here is another less commonly seen butterflyfish hybrid between the Pyramid Butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys polylepis) and Black Pyramid Butterflyfish (H. zoster). There is no official record of where these two species co-exist, but fishermen in Indonesia often catch both species in Read More

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