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 | Jun 18, 2021 | Marine
Elongated corallites are equally matched by long polyp tentacles. Image credit: Vincent Chalias/Bali Aquarium It features a very spiky appearance given the elongated corallites of this species.It is a coral rarely (if ever) seen in the marine aquarium trade.A...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 18, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Here’s a look at the coral in its full glory, an image published in the current July/August 2021 issue of CORAL Magazine.. This is Galaxea longisepta, now being maricultured in Indonesia for the aquarium trade. Note that many of the polyps are retracted in this...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 11, 2021 | Marine
Can you identify this beautiful coral, photographed by Grant Rakowski at Lansing, Michigan-based aquarium wholesaler A&M Aquatics? Summertime is here, and that means time for softball! Veteran aquarists will have a blast trying to identify this—well, how should we...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 11, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
Potter’s Angeflish, Centropyge potteri, is a Hawaiian endemic and one of eight species allowed to be collected under the latest proposal to reopen the West Hawaiian aquarium fishery. In the ongoing legal battle over Hawaii’s marine aquarium fishery, PIJAC,...
