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 | Jan 14, 2022 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
We sometimes forget that 10 years back, cell phone video wasn’t what it is today! This blurry screen capture gives you some idea of the unique specimens of Centropyge angelfish that have been found in specific locations in Fiji. via Walt Smith International...
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...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 11, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
June 11, 2019 It hasn’t even been a year since the first images surfaced of a remarkable new damselfish species discovered by aquarium fish collectors working in Madagascar. While specimens of this new fish have been entering the aquarium trade alongside other...
by Matt Pedersen | May 16, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Dubbed “Koi” by the aquarium trade and hobby, aberrant tangs and angelfish that display mottled, patchy coloration that heavily deviates from the norm command attention. They remain a relative rarity, only occasionally encountered and collected for the...