Cast your eyes over our pick of the hottest fish to make the Reef Builders news in 2022.
Fish
Convict blennies are the closest thing to cichlids in the sea
Think of cichlid-like saltwater fish and you’ll probably think of damselfish or angelfish, bass, or groupers maybe, but few aquarists are aware that the marine fish most closely related to freshwater cichlids is the Convict Blenny, Pholidicthys leucotaenia. Also known…
Awesome fish spotlight: The Whitespotted surgeonfish, Acanthurus guttatus
The Whitespotted surgeonfish is the kind of tang that is overlooked by many because of its lack of color but is sought out and acclaimed by more seasoned reefkeepers. Also known as the Mustard tang, and occasionally the Jewel tang,…
Synchiropus flavistrigatus is a new species of dragonet from the tropical eastern Atlantic
A new species of dragonet has been described from the deep waters between Guinea Bissau and Angola. Named the Guinea Dragonet, the new species averaged 90mm in length and was described based on 15 specimens obtained from bottom trawls at…
Things With Stings Reef is a collection of all things venomous
Every so often reefkeepers push the boundaries of what’s possible in an aquarium. Tom Hone is one such aquarist, who through passion, drive and determination has introduced a world-class collection of venomous fish species to his 146-gallon mixed reef. His…
Eviota fluctiphila is a new Dwarfgoby from the Western Pacific
A new species of Dwarfgoby has been described from West Papua. The species has been named the Surge Dwarfgoby, Eviota fluctiphila, by Greenfield, Erdmann, and Mambrasar, and joins 128 other species in the genus Eviota, now the second most speciose…
Quality Marine’s Citron gobies come in several funky flavors
Citron gobies come in many colors from lemon to mustard yellow, brown to black, but these specimens from Quality Marine are definitely in the in-between category. Gobiodon citrinus are widespread in nature, inhabiting reefs off Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and…
A Spectrum of Xanthic Eibli Angelfish from Reef Pro
The xanthic aberration of some pygmy angelfish is a mystery that has puzzled exotic saltwater aquarists for years and the rabbit hole is about to get a whole lot deeper. Recently a number of very interesting Centropyge eibli were collected from the…
Muricella: Pygmy Kingdom !
Following our series on coral host to famous critter subject, here is another important one, that everybody has high on their list of Holy Grail ! The host of the King of all critters, the Pygmy Seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti. This…
Stumbling on the Holy Grail of UW Photographer…
Now that we are in Bali, yesterday we decided to go the diving some of the close by, classic eastern cost dive site. We headed to Pandang Bai… This place is quite famous for white sand macro, and we knew…