by Matt Pedersen | Jan 30, 2021 | Marine
Can you ID the cultivar of this mystery coral? Hint: It’s obviously a SPS stony coral. Guessing the genus is going to be the easy part. Many corals in this large family are never identified to the species level in the aquarium trade, and yet they can sometimes...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 23, 2021 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Cover of CORAL Magazine Volume 18, Issue 1 – SPAWNING NIGHTS – January/February 2021. Go to the Digital Edition—for Immediate Reading The January/February 2021 Issue of CORAL is on its way from New Hampshire to subscribers and at the best marine aquarium retail stores...
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 | Jan 16, 2021 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine, News & Notes
After years of relentless attempts to legislate Hawaii’s legal marine aquarium fishery out of existence, anti-aquarium trade activists, with the support of big environmental non-profits, have succeeded in officially closing what some consider to be the most...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 15, 2021 | CORAL Errata
A misspelling slipped by the editors in the January/February 2021 issue of CORAL We regret the discovery of an unintentional misspelling of the company name Aquatic Realm International (ARI), as found on page 18 of the January/February 2021 issue of CORAL. The error...