by CORAL Magazine | Sep 10, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
Dynasty Marine’s vessels head out for a day of collection on the water. via Coral Reef Aquarium Fisheries Campaign, 9/10/2020, updated 12/4/2020 Faced with increasing scrutiny and restrictions to trade in marine aquarium fish around the globe, a leading marine...
by CORAL Magazine | Jun 12, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Perhaps the rarest goby on earth is known from a single male specimen collected by Curasub (a 5-man diving submarine outfitted for reef fish collection and research) between 374–449 feet (114–137 m) in Bonaire in 2013, hiding out in a glass bottle found along a sandy...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 11, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
In late September, divers at Florida-based Dynasty Marine Associates, Inc., collected a unique species of Cardinalfish, the Whitestar Cardinal, Apogon lachneri. A small white spot along the back of this fish is the namesake and identifying characteristic that helps...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 20, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
An interesting gastropod is making its way from Florida into the aquarium trade. It was featured last week by Dynasty Marine, which operates out of Marathon in the Florida Keys, and is not prevalent in the aquarium hobby or aquarium trade at this time. While the...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 12, 2017 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
“Descriptions of a new genus and two new species of Caribbean deep-water jawfishes (Teleostei: Opistognathidae)” by William F. Smith-Vaniz, introduces two new species of Caribbean Jawfishes. (Published April 6th, 2017, in the Journal of the Ocean Science...
