Randall’s Assessor has only been available in the U.S. in limited numbers and sporadic shipments for what seems like barely a year but ORA is already on the ball with another first. Since they already held the title for first…
Plectranthias garrupellus – Apricot Bass is a virtually unknown deepwater Caribbean reef fish
Plectranthias garrupellus also known as the Apricot Bass is a pretty wonderful little reef fish that came to only recently came to life with pictures of living specimens. For being a member of the popular Plectranthias genus of aquarium fish it’s…
Liopropoma emanueli is a stunning pink and yellow basslet from Africa
Liopropoma emanueli is the latest new species of the popular basslet genus to be described, and along with it comes news of two other unknown species of Liopropoma sighted in the Atlantic Ocean. The description of the new colorful and large Liopropoma emanueli is…
Liopropoma randalli just described from from Kochi India and Lombok Indonesia
Liopropoma randalli is a new species of deepwater Liopropoma basslet that is the latest known from the Indian Ocean. Unlike many species which are first described from one collection area, Liopropoma randalli is already known from Kochi India to Lombok Indonesia giving it a…
Serranus phoebe is an uncommon basslet from the deeper waters of the Atlantic
Serranus phoebe is an uncommon monochromatic basslet from the deeper waters of the Atlantic. Like many of its cousins, they are hardy and generally bold fishes that adapt very well to aquarium life. S. phoebe is very uncommon with only…
Liopropoma collettei re-appears in the aquarium scene
Liopropoma are a group secretive fishes which makes them elusive and uncommonly found in the aquarium trade. Collette’s Reef Basslet (Liopropoma collettei) is a species that closely resembles the Pinstripe Reef Basslet (Liopropoma susumi), however the former has a more…
Brand new and better videos of the one and only Lipogramma robinsi
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wiu-mrvTwFg&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube] We posted about the only captive Lipogramma robinsi in the world not too long ago, and then updated with a short video of it. The old video, nice as it may be, cannot compare to these brand new out of…
Blue Harbor’s close up video of Lipogramma robinsi shows this fascinating basslet in great detail
Just last week were thrilled to share the first great photograph of the almost completely unknown Lipogramma robinsi, the first specimen to be captured in a live photograph. This week the high rolling fish collectors at Blue Harbor have put…
Another stunning Jeboehlkia gladifer bladefin basslet collected and captured in a photograph
We can’t look at the cute little face of the diminutive bladefin basslet without being completely in love with it. This Jeboehlkia gladifer collected at a depth fo 600 feet and photographed by Barry Brown in Curacao is absolutely adorable. The…
Gramma dejongi Hybrid is spotted at B-Box Aquarium in Japan
We knew that a Gramma dejongi hybrid with Gramma loreto was bound to turn up sometime and heer you have it, a perfect blend of both Dejong’s gramma and the royal gramma. What we find most surprising about the Gramma dejongi…
