Pomacentrus maafu is Tonga and Fiji’s newest species of damselfish

Pomacentrus maafu is a new species of damselfish which was described from almost 200 fish from Fiji and Tonga. Closely related to Pomacentrus moluccensis from the West Pacific Ocean, Pomacentrus maafu is almost identical in shape and merisitic counts, but it was differentiated…

HD dive videos of Fiji and Tonga are spectacular

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcbHKAWIk3I&list=PL1C4AD42C17C72630&feature=plcp[/youtube] If you’re a fan of diving videos you must check this one out. This time there is no focus on rare fish nor rare corals, but instead, the video above of Fiji and Tonga showcases some of the best…

Cirrhilabrus nahackyi is a new species of labrid similar to the hooded fairy wrasse

Cirrhilabrus sp. 1, known commonly as the Nahacky’s fairy wrasse, has been officially described by Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka and Fenton Walsch in the latest issue from the International Journal of ichthyology as Cirrhilabrus nahackyi. For a while now the “used-to-be-undesrcibed”…