Brighter colors of male reef fish are now closer to being understood by new research

It’s no secret that male reef fish usually have much brighter colors and in some cases gaudy coloration compared to their female counterparts. This feature of sexual dichromatism is particularly pronounced in wrasses, anthias and to lesser degree in the…

Flame Wrasse spawning caught on video

In case you haven’t seen it yet, our very own senior editor Jake Adams has a nice little write up in Advanced Aquarist on a spawning harem of flame fairy wrasses, Cirrhilabrus jordani. The video above captures the courtship and…