This is the best photo of Chaetodontoplus niger to date

For a fish that gets as big as a football, it’s a mystery why the black angelfish, Chaetodontoplus niger is scarcely ever seen much larger than a juvenile fish in size and color. We know that large adult C. niger are…

Odonus niger: A Toothy but (usually) Nonviolent Trigger

Say “triggerfish” to a group of experienced salties, and you’re apt to evoke bloodcurdling memories of once-kept triggers massacring fellow fish, shredding sessile invertebrates, mangling submerged equipment, toppling rockwork, or even biting the hand that feeds them. Let’s face it,…

The illusionary Chaetodontoplus niger photographed again in waters of Japan

Chaetodontoplus niger is the phantom of the angelfish world, being predominantly colored an inky black; sans the yellow and white caudal and ventral fins respectively. This fish is very elusive and rare, and is almost never seen, or photographed until last…

Black Foxface, Siganus niger: you haven’t seen a rabbitfish like this

The black foxface, Siganus niger from Fiji is a fish we’ve heard about, read about, but never seen or documented in aquaria until last week. The black Foxface comes only from Tonga, but just over a restricted range centered around the northernmost islands…

BlueHarbor’s 2012 calendar features a captive Chaetodontoplus niger for the month of April

The month of April this year has commenced with this calendar photo of what appears to be Chaetodontoplus niger in captivity. This extremely reclusive and enigmatic fish has recently caught a break and appeared on various videos and pictures, but…

Another video of Chaetodontoplus niger shot in Japan is a remarkable coincidence

Remember that really cool juvenile Chaetodontoplus niger we posted about the last time, and the video on the same individual shortly after? What we did not know was that another video of C. niger taken in the Kashiwa Island of Japan…

Chaetodontoplus niger shows up on youtube

One of the rarest of all marine angelfish, Chaetodontoplus niger, was filmed by Japanese divers off of Kashiwajima, Kochi at 33-meters, and posted on youtube. The contrast of white and yellow fins along an all black body is quite stunning on…

Super rare Chaetodontoplus niger photographed in Oak Island, Japan

Chaetodontoplus niger is a fish so seldom seen and so little is known about, that the word rare is quite simply, an extreme understatement. It is possibly the rarest member of the Chaetodontoplus genus, along with C. ballinae. There have…

Chrysiptera niger, the damselfish from Tufi, Papua New Guinea has a name

After combing the literature for a name for a damselfish from Tufi to no avail, we were delighted to hear a confirmation from a credible source that this species is Chrysiptera niger. Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka directed Dr. Gerrald Allen’s attention…

Only Bad Things Happen Fast: How to Avoid Beginner Mistakes

Wouldn’t it be nice if before you started a project you knew what to look out for so that you could avoid costly mistakes? Like when you started to drive you understood that the police would be looking at you…