by CORAL Magazine | Oct 30, 2017 | Marine
Taxonomists and ichthyologists deserve some recognition for the recently brisk pace by which new species descriptions are being published. Here’s a quick look at some of the latest introductions to the ever-growing list of coral reef fish species. Roa rumsfeldi...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 31, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater, Marine
The family Gobidae arguably got a big update in the past month, with a deluge of diminutive new goby species for fans of nano fishes. Ten new species of freshwater and marine gobies, all hailing from the tropical Western Pacific region, were recently described...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 7, 2016 | Marine
We can thank the ongoing diving and collection of Curaçao’s Curasub for expanding the genus Lipogramma by two species today. Authors Carole C. Baldwin, D. Ross Robertson, Ai Nonaka, and Luke Tornabene published their findings in the article Two new deep-reef...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 3, 2016 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
News breaks today that the vibrantly colored dragonet, which made its trade debut just a few years ago (early 2013) under the trade name “Ruby Red Dragonet,” now has a formalized scientific name. Shortened to simply “Ruby Dragonet” (on the...
by James Lawrence | Nov 18, 2013 | Marine
Although best-known as the home of the world’s largest living lizard, Komodo National Park in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia is also a noteworthy dive destination that attracts biodiversity researchers doing marine species surveys in the Coral Triangle....
