Being a self-proclaimed fish nerd my interest gets piqued anytime one of those ‘rare to the hobby’ fish becomes available, even if it is a type I am not normally excited about. But when a particularly enticing specimen comes available, well forget…
Reef Nuggets 4: Macropharyngodon and notes on maintaining a harem
This is the fourth installation of a running series we call Reef Nuggets, a platform in which we share informative and useful tips on reef keeping in general. In this chapter we take a look at my recount regarding the…
Macropharyngodon vivienae new range extension could mean we’ll be seeing more of this species
While Macropharyngodon may not enjoy the popularity of other wrasses such as Cirrhilabrus, it is most certainly not stuck in a rut. The genus is not heading in a dead end track, but rather has had a few interesting developments recently. With M. pakoko being…
Macropharyngodon pakoko adds to the list of endemic species in the Marquesas Islands
There’s a new leopard wrasse on the books and it’s called Macropharyngodon pakoko. The new leopard wrasse species was described from specimens collected in the Marquesas Islands, a region of the South Pacific Ocean which is well known for it’s localized…
Red Sea leopard wrasse now its own species, Macropharyngodon marisrubri
The Red Sea leopard wrasse has long been considered a subspecies of the common and widespread splendid leopard wrasse, Macropharyngodon bipartitus. A recent analysis by the fish man himself John Randall revealed that these two fishes are different enough to…
Australian Leopard-wrasse Quarantine Technique
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Labridae Genus: Macropharyngodon Species: choati, Randall, John E. 1978 Common Names: Choati Leopard-wrasse, Australian Leopard-wrasse Of all the Leopard Wrasses one can acquire for their reef aquarium Macropharyngodon choati is…
Macropharyngodon moyeri is a unique leopard wrasse from the waters of Japan
Macropharyngodon moyeri is a lesser known and rare species of leopard wrasse that never enters the mainstream aquarium trade as far as we know. The largely Japan endemic wrasse can apparently also be found in Taiwan, but is mostly found…
Kuiter’s leopard wrasse, Macropharyngodon kuiteri, seen looking in the best of health
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mywTVAWkMgA[/youtube] Macropharyngodon kuiteri or Kuiter’s leopard wrasse is a seldom seen labrid which is closely related to the African Macropharyngodon vivienae. Although many of the rare fish we encounter are usually recent imports at wholesale or retail businesses,…
