by Matt Pedersen | Apr 19, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
It’s a bit early for a Mother’s Day gift, but scientific journals don’t set their publishing timelines based on the scheduling of U.S. Holidays. Ting-Ting Eng, the woman we can credit for raising an up-and-coming ichthyological taxonomic powerhouse,...
by Matt Pedersen | Feb 13, 2019 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Awash in spangles of red and blue on an olive green base coloration, and potentially exhibiting a sail-like first dorsal fin, the newest member of the Watchman/Shrimpgoby genus Cryptocentrus might just be what the marine fish breeder ordered. This exciting new...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 28, 2018 | Marine
Lipogramma idabeli, the Blue-backed Basslet A new species of Lipogramma from deep reefs of Roatan, Honduras While headlines are being grabbed by futurists looking up and fantasizing life in space, some marine biologists are looking down and finding myriad new...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 2, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Don’t be alarmed by feelings of déjà vu. Just last week we shared the story of the newly-described Tosanoides aphrodite in the Atlantic Ocean, and on the heels of that revelation comes the species description of a fifth member of the deepwater anthias genus...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 9, 2018 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Most marine fish enthusiasts have seen the stunning and adorable Bargibant’s Pygmy Seahorse. It’s vividly colored, an iconic photography subject, and the stuff of legends (that is to say, a fish that you can’t actually own). But did you know that...
