It’s human nature to name things. It’s part of how we label and describe items, communicate, and even differentiate one another. But nomenclature stretches to living things too, like plants, animals, and fish, and we want to know if it’s…
Terelabrus toretore is a New Species of Striped Hogfish from Tahiti
A new species of deepwater hogfish has been described in the journal Zoological Studies. Terelabrus toretore is now the fifth species within the genus Terelabrus, and was discovered in the mesophotic zone in Tahiti, French Polynesia. Mesophotic zones range from…
Gymnothorax tamilnaduensis is a new species of Short Brown Moray Eel
A new species of Moray Eel has been described from the South East coast of India. Its been described based on four specimens caught as bycatch at Mudasalodai fish landing centre of the Cuddalore Coast in the state of Tamil…
Synchiropus flavistrigatus is a new species of dragonet from the tropical eastern Atlantic
A new species of dragonet has been described from the deep waters between Guinea Bissau and Angola. Named the Guinea Dragonet, the new species averaged 90mm in length and was described based on 15 specimens obtained from bottom trawls at…
Top 20 new reef fish species of 2012
Every year we look forward to all kinds of new corals, reef fish and products in the marine aquarium hobby but 2012 was an especially rich year for new taxa of various bony reef fish. Like most years we saw…
