The gods of saltwater angelfish breeding have once again provided for the lucky reefing community, this time in the form of a captive-bred Bandit Angelfish, Apolemichthys arcuatus. Native to the Hawaiian and Johnston islands in the Eastern Central Pacific, Bandit…
Two Rare Plectranthias Basslets Imported by Unique Fins
Two rarely seen deepwater perchlets have been collected and exported from Southern Taiwan. Plectranthias maekawa was only described in 2018, based on three specimens collected from the Tokara Islands, Kagoshima, Southern Japan. It inhabits the cool, low light, rariphotic waters…
Rare Black Ear Candy Hogfish is First One In USA
A single specimen of a rare deepwater hogfish has arrived in America for the first time. Named the Black Ear Candy Hogfish, Bodianus tanyokidus comes from the Indo-West Pacific, Comoro Islands, and Mauritius to southern Japan, and can be found…