Scientists just discovered eight new fish species and one new coral species after conducting a marine survey around Bali. Targeting 33 different sites the team identified 952 fish and found that eight were new undiscovered species that included damsels, eels…
Chrysiptera traceyi damselfish
We really like the weirdo damselfish and Chrysiptera traceyi is the latest new species of Pomacentridae to be imported to the aquarium trade. We reported a couple weeks back that Chrysiptera traceyi had been in imported from the Marshall Islands…
Chrysiptera traceyi coming soon from northern Marshall Islands
Chrysiptera traceyi is not a well-known damselfish in the aquarium hobby, but new collections in the northern Marshall Islands have yielded some U.S. bound Tracey’s demopiselles. The Chrysiptera genus already includes many fancy damselfish species including Chrysiptera arnazae, Chrysiptera niger…
Pomacentrus cheraphilus, a new damselfish species from Brunei and the Phillipines
Pomacentrus cheraphilus is a species of damselfish which was recently described from specimens collected in Brunei and the Phillipines. Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann and Vincent V. Hiloman described Pomacentrus cheraphilus in the first issue of Aqua published this…
Will the real Springeri damselfish please swim up?
Chrysiptera springeri is an amazing species of damselfish which we’ve long admired. Over the last couple of years we’ve seen at least two color forms of damselfish being offered up as C. springeri: one all blue form with a clear…
Damselfish are destroying reefs, need their predators back
Here is another reason to hate Damselfish if you needed another reason. As Mark Vermeij goes on to describe: “Damselfish are these little fish and what they do is they make little yards on the bottom of the reef,” says…
