by CORAL Magazine | Mar 8, 2022 | Marine, News & Notes
This new-to-science Rose-Veiled Fairy Wrasse is the first Maldivian fish to ever be described by a local researcher, Ahmed Najeeb. The Maldives is a sprawling archipelago of 26 atolls in the Indian Ocean. Image: © Yi-Kai Tea. via California Academy of Sciences SAN...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 1, 2021 | Marine
What was once considered a color morph is now recognized as a new species of Western Atlantic damselfish: Meet Chromis vanbebberae, the Whitetail Reeffish. Juvenile coloration, St. Paul’s Rocks, Brazil. Image credit Ross Robertson, CC BY 4.0 “The discovery...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 23, 2021 | Marine
The anesthetized holotype of Eviota angustifascia, a 10.6 mm male from Tavunasici, in the Lau Islands group of Fiji. Image credit: Mark V. Erdmann With the new description of Eviota angustifascia, the official tally of newly described Eviota dwarfgobies comes to 123...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 25, 2020 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
by Matt Pedersen Eviota gobies are among the smallest in the family Gobiidae, seldom larger than 18 mm in length (0.75 inches). They are ideal for pico reef aquariums, and a couple species have become routinely available in the aquarium trade, notably the Red Neon...
by CORAL Magazine | Jul 11, 2019 | Marine
via the California Academy of Sciences Wakanda forever! Scientific divers describe new purple species of “twilight zone” fish from Africa Named for Black Panther’s mythical nation of Wakanda, a dazzling new “Vibranium” Fairy Wrasse enchants with purple scales and a...
