2nd annual Caribbean reef aquarium conference goes down in Puerto Rico

Of all the places that we hold conferences around the United States, none of the east coast, west coast or midwest destinations have any kind of indigenous tropical corals – except for Florida most of U.S. is grassland, desert, marshes,…

Odontanthias hensleyi is the first species of this genus from the Caribbean, Puerto Rico

The Odontanthias from Puerto Rico that was discovered about a year ago has been formally described as Odontanthias hensleyi. The new Odontanthias hensleyi was first discovered by some deep sea fisherman off the Western Coast of Puerto Rico and subsequent holotypes…

New Odontanthias discovered in Puerto Rico

Odontanthias is a popular genus of deepwater reef fish that includes the Borbonius and Yellow Fin Anthias. Odontanthias is so far only known from the Indian and Pacific Ocean but the unusual fish from Puerto Rico pictured above is a…

Emblemariopsis carib and E. arawak, two new barnacle blennies from the Caribbean Sea

Emblemariopsis carib and E. arawak are two recently described Chaenopsid blennies that were previously being labeled as the Flagfin Blenny, Emblemariopsis signifer. Emblemariopsis carib and E. arawak are sympatric species which means that they co-occur along their range which so…

C-Quest Is Coming Home!

The news spread quickly this morning as C-Quest announced that it will be moving from it’s longstanding location in Puerto Rico to the Addison’s home town of Wheatland, Wyoming, roughly 1 hour north of Cheyenne.  C-Quest is arguably the world’s…