ORA Announces Limited Availability of Captive-Bred Blackmargin Dottybacks

ORA’s newest release – the Blackmargin or Horseshoe-Tailed Dottyback, Pseudochromis tapeinosoma – The fish shown here is a male (females/juveniles are gray with a yellow tail).  Image courtesy ORA Time to call in a favor from your LFS and hope…

Jimmy Ma’s private collection of dottybacks consists of some really cool species

Having the un-reversable aberrant Coral Beauty Angelfish and the trio of super hot White-Bar Anthias in his collection, Jimmy Ma is certainly no stranger to rare fish. If you think his aberrant C. bispinosa is something to shout about, what…

The purple tailed Pseudochromis luteus is just one of many unknown dottybacks out there

There are many many dottyback species out there but only a very small fraction of them show up in the trade. An even smaller fraction that do not show up in the trade are virtually unknown with hardly any information…

Hobbyist documents first spawning of Black Margin Dottyback, Pseudochromis tapeinosoma

The hobbyist marine fish breeding world just took another step forward today.   We may be well on our way towards adding another new species to our captive bred list – we have a report of what appears to be…

LiveAquaria to offer “HOLY WOW” black margin dottyback pair tonight!

Yes, the black-margin dottyback is a “holy wow” fish.  I remember emailing LiveAquaria.com Director Kevin Kohen about the Pseudochromis tapeinosoma months ago, so I can hardly contain myself that he found it and has now brought it to market, as…