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Tosanoides annepatrice Described from Pohnpei & Palau
Jake Adams Oct 2, 2018

Tosanoides annepatrice is the newest member of this colorful deepwater genus of anthias that come hardly a week on the heels of another new inductee, Tosanoides aphrodite. But where that species was a…

Jake Adams Oct 2, 2018 0
Deep Water
Grammatonotus xanthostigma & G. pelipel, Two New Splendid Deepwater Basslets
Jake Adams Mar 14, 2017

Grammatonotus xanthostigma and G. pelipel were just described from specimens collected in Pohnpei. Grammatonotus is a genus of deepwater basslets containing some fantastic species, and today we’…

Jake Adams Mar 14, 2017 3
News
Grammatonotus brianne is a Gorgeous New Basslet Species
Jake Adams Oct 5, 2016

Grammatonotus brianne is the latest species of deepwater anthias basslet to be described, having been discovered from profound depths in one of the epicenters of the Coral Triangle. The new spade-tail…

Jake Adams Oct 5, 2016 0
New Species
New Wrasse and Anthias Collected in Papahanaumokuakea, Hawaii
Jake Adams Jun 17, 2016

We already know that there’s loads of new fish in the mesophotic zone of the ocean so it’s always exciting when new fish are discovered down there. It’s especially tantalizing when n…

Jake Adams Jun 17, 2016 0
News
Follow along on this incredible expedition of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Brian Blank May 27, 2016

Research divers get to see amazing sights below the surface, but there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes to make it all possible. Thanks to Richard Pyle, we are able to follow along on an exciti…

Brian Blank May 27, 2016 0
Deep Water
Brian Greene, Richard Pyle and Sonia Rowley teases with a surfeit of undescribed species from Pohnpei
Lemon TYK Aug 18, 2015

To the uninitiated, the mesophotic coral reefs would seem like an unlikely place to find vibrant fish life. Antonymous to the ebullient habitat of shallow water coral gardens, the mesophotic zone is a…

Lemon TYK Aug 18, 2015 0
Deep Water
Palau Deep Reef fish collecting video released in full
Jake Adams Dec 29, 2014

The Palau Deep Reef collection video is infamous for documenting some of our best deep diving ichthyologists “at work” while sounding like Donald Duck. First revealed to the aquarium hobby…

Jake Adams Dec 29, 2014 0
Deep Water
The new Grammatonotus from Philippines has a stunningly unique tail
Lemon TYK May 23, 2014

The recent expedition to the Philippines have yielded many bonuses for the California Academy of Sciences. A few days ago we saw the collection of Sacura speciosa, and just when we thought nothing cou…

Lemon TYK May 23, 2014 0
Deep Water
New stunning Grammatonotus species discovered in Philippines
Brian Blank May 22, 2014

We are constantly awestruck with the amount of new species of reef fish being discovered recently and yesterday a new Grammatonotus sp. was uncovered by the California Academy of Sciences dive team ex…

Brian Blank May 22, 2014 0
Marquee
California Academy of Sciences dive team is scoring big in the depths of the Philippines
Jake Adams May 20, 2014

After what has been a lengthy period of preparation, scouting and diving, the California Academy of Sciences’ expedition to the Philippines is beginning to yield a nice catch of truly exotic dee…

Jake Adams May 20, 2014 0

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