Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae is a beautiful and colorful new species of shrimp goby recently described in the Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. Discovered in the far eastern reaches of Indonesia also known as West Papua, Dawn’s Shrimp Goby is the…
Tomiyamichthys emilyae, the Official Description of the Magnificent Fan Shrimp Goby
Tomiyamichthys emilyae is a new name for an old friend that we once saw a lot more of in the aquarium trade. It was almost exactly ten years ago that the ‘Magnificant Fan Shrimp’ goby was introduced to our early…
Red Sea’s New Nano Goby, Koumansetta hoesei
The Rainford’s goby, as well as the lesser known Hector’s goby, are pound for pound some of the most colorful, interesting and perfect little fish for the reef aquarium and last year we got a new species to induct into…
Trimma putrai, a Gorgeous New Pygmy Goby Species from Western Indonesia
For the second time in a week we have a brand new species of goby to learn about, Trimma putrai from western Indonesia. Unlike the cryptic species Trimma christianeae, Putra’s pygmygoby is a very distinct looking species with beautiful coloration and…
Trimma christianeae, a New Species of Pygmy Goby from Milne Bay
Gobies are so plentiful and diverse we knew it was only a matter of time until we got a new species this year. The highly species rich genus Trimma gets first billing for 2019 with the official description of T. christianeae from…
Cryptocentrus altipinna, a New Species of Highfin Shrimpgoby
Cryptocentrus altipinna is a fresh new species of small watchman goby from the eastern Indian Ocean around Thailand and Sri Lanka. This smaller species of watchman has a beautiful rosy pink spotted face very similar to the pink spotted watchman, Cryptocentrus…
Myersina balteata is the Newest Species of Shrimp Goby from the Solomon Islands
Myersina balteata is a new species of shrimp-associated tropical goby that was just described from specimens collected in the Solomon Islands. This new species has a very distinctive color pattern which is divided by a very pronounced black vertical line,…
Two New Blue Eyed Gobies from Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is once again the locale for the discovery of new reef fish, this time with two new species of miniature gobies. Trimma blematium and T. meityae are two newly described species from this very numerous genus which both features very…
Cryptocentrus nanus from Fiji is the first Nano Watchman Goby
Cryptocentrus nanus is a new species of watchman goby recently described from Fiji. Clocking in at a whopping two inches long when full grown, the nano watchman goby is the smallest species of what we tend to think of when…
The Unique Eyes of Incredibly Diverse Eviota Gobies
Live eye-color patterns of various species of Eviota: 1) E. algida (M.V. Erdmann); 2) E. tetha (M.V. Erdmann); 3) E. teresae (R. Whitworth); 4) E. bilunula (R. Whitworth); 5) E. cometa (R. Whitworth); 6) E. fallax (G.R. Allen); 7) E.…
