While Macropharyngodon may not enjoy the popularity of other wrasses such as Cirrhilabrus, it is most certainly not stuck in a rut. The genus is not heading in a dead end track, but rather has had a few interesting developments recently. With M. pakoko being…
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Macropharyngodon vivienae: madagascar leopard wrasse starts showing up in Kenyan exports
Macropharyngodon vivienae is an exciting fish that is thought to be an endemic to Madagascar reefs and parts of the East African coastline from Natal to Durban. This is a fish so rare that we’ve only seen one live specimen…
Pseudojuloides labyrinthus, a sexy new pencil wrasse from Kenya
Pseudojuloides labyrinthus is an exciting new species of pencil wrasse from the Western Indian Ocean. The labyrinth pencil wrasse joins a fresh crop of Pseudojuloides wrasses which have been described in recent years, many of them being discovered by a fellow…
Macropharyngodon moyeri discovered and collected in the Philippines
Being a self-proclaimed fish nerd my interest gets piqued anytime one of those ‘rare to the hobby’ fish becomes available, even if it is a type I am not normally excited about. But when a particularly enticing specimen comes available, well forget…
Cool video shows the whole process of exporting fish from Mauritius
We like to promote the marine aquarium industry, and particularly the export of tropical marine fish, as a force for sustainable harvest of marine fish, sometimes undertaken by tight knit families living in coastal island communities. Nowhere is all of…
Reef Nuggets 5: Pseudanthias and notes regarding feeding and husbandry
In Reef Nuggets 4 we recounted Macropharyngodon and our personal experience with maintaining a harem using M. vivienae as an example. Today’s installation will aim at covering a topic that’s widely discussed, and on a subject that is ubiquitous and iconic in…
Reef Nuggets 4: Macropharyngodon and notes on maintaining a harem
This is the fourth installation of a running series we call Reef Nuggets, a platform in which we share informative and useful tips on reef keeping in general. In this chapter we take a look at my recount regarding the…
Liopropoma fasciatum takes the title of 2014’s fish of the year
At the close of each year we religiously run through the stories of months past and gather up our favourites, condensing some of the best stories from various categories for a year in review. Although it is pretty standard to put…
2014 recap: Top 10 scintillating reef fish stories
2014 is fizzing away by the day and as usual, we’ve recapped our ten favourite reef fish stories for the year. Normally we’d put out our top ten highlights just as the year closes to make sure no surprises pops…
Macropharyngodon moyeri is a unique leopard wrasse from the waters of Japan
Macropharyngodon moyeri is a lesser known and rare species of leopard wrasse that never enters the mainstream aquarium trade as far as we know. The largely Japan endemic wrasse can apparently also be found in Taiwan, but is mostly found…
