Awesome Fish Spotlight: The pugnacious Novaculops halsteadi

Today’s Awesome Fish Spotlight goes to an unorthodox wrasse member from the genus Novaculops. Novaculops is a member of Novaculinae, which includes six genera of sand dwelling wrasses. The largest genus is Xyrichthys, but perhaps the most well known species from this…

Mr. Wing’s long tentacled leather coral is a whiplashing gyre of aquarium fun

Whoever said that soft corals are passé has obviously not seen enough. Not only are soft corals incredibly forgiving, they add a certain flare for life and movement in any aquarium. Coming in a myriad of species that run the…

Xyrichthys and Novaculops razor wrasses get featured in a video slideshow by Dietmar Schauer

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ircd7jBDEIg[/youtube] A couple weeks ago we shared with you some great shots of razor wrasses from Ghana and Vanuatu by Dietmar Schauer and then another of a sand wrasse from Australia by Russo’s Reef. If those images piqued…

Novaculops sand wrasse from Australia via Russo’s Reef

The picture of this stunning Novaculops halsteadi was taken by Russo’s Reef who imported this sand wrasse from Australia. Yesterday we brought you news of Halstead’s sand wrasse which arrived at Reef Corner in Holland, but this intriguing wrasse species…