The last few years have been really hot ones for the discovery and description of new reef fish species and 2014 was no slouch either. Sometimes it seems like new species descriptions are dominated by dwarf gobies of the Eviota and Trimma genera,…
The Skeletor eel and Berndt’s eel raise the bar for rare & beautiful eels
Move aside Dragon, Kidako and Golden eels because the Skeletor and Berndt’s eels are here to show you who’s the king of the Anguilliformes. Pictured above is Berndt’s eel, Gymnothorax berndti, an extreme deepwater rarity from Japan who’s collection is…
Blue harbor shows off some Lipogramma klayi gems
Rare fish specialists Blue Harbor are at it again with a fresh batch of beautiful bicolor basslets, Lipogramma klayi. These fish were caught on a special deep diving mission in Curacao which among the Lipogramma also targeted candy basslets. Although…
