Every year there’s a great number of reef fish described but many of the coolest fish, as far as aquarists are concerned, are discovered by a small band of usual suspects. Therefore it comes as no surprise that the California…
The top four breakthrough exciting reef aquarium fishes of 2011
2011 has been a fantastic year for aquarium reef fish enthusiasts. Not only have we seen a great deal of exceptional fishes in terms of rarity and beauty, we’ve also scouted some potential would-be aquarium staples in the near future.…
Rabaulichthys squirei is a new species of sailfin anthias described from the Coral Sea
The Coral Sea sailfin anthias shipping from Australia has just been described as Rabaulichthys squirei by John Randall in the journal Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. The Coral Sea sailfin anthias is in the same Rabaulichthys genus as the sailfin anthias from…
Meet the sailfin jawfish, a little known deepwater caribbean beauty
Rabaulichthys anthias are not the only fish in the reefs to sport elaborate dorsal finnage. Check out the beast of a jawfish that is the sail-fin jawfish, this specimen being tentatively identified as Opistognathus lonchurus. Hailing from the Western Atlantic, the…
Sailfin Anthias, Rabaulichthys sp. gets first close up video of a displaying male
[youtube width=”680″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx6WRt81HwY[/youtube] Sailfin anthias from the genus Rabaulichthys are very rarely seen in the marine aquarium hobby but the last few months have seen a small surge of these fish lately. We’ve had reports of sailfin anthias appearing in…
