With its brilliant yellow, black and white striping, there is no angelfish that looks quite like the regal angelfish. There’s only species fish in the genus Pygoplites and a rare case of subspecies which are slightly different from each other, but every once…
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Abei Angelfish Collected in the Coral Sea
The Abei Angelfish, Centropyge abei, is a reef fish so rare that most of us, ourselves included, have never seen one in real life. To date, your only chance to see a living Abei Angelfish has been at the Waikiki Aquarium…
Truncatoflabellum veroni, this unseen azoox coral makes reef aquarium debut
Truncatoflabellum is a genus of Azoox corals so obscure, and rarely documented (alive), that we never had hope of seeing specimens in our aquariums. Thankfully, Cairns Marine, purveyor of so much exotic marine life from Australia has scored again by…
The first ever Marine Aquarium of Australia happening next month in Cairns
America has MACNA, Europe is setting up for MACE, and now Australia is getting in on the act with their very own Marine Aquarium Conference of Australia. Happening next month in Cairns Australia, this inaugural event will be hosted by…
很棒的鱼类聚光灯：珊瑚海的Cirrhilabrus roseafascia
Among the two dozen or so most commonly encountered fairy wrasses, the elusive rose banded fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus roseafascia is not among them. This species is a relative newcomer to the documented fairy wrasse group, having only been described in 1982.…
plectranthiasbennetti, a new species of anthiine from the Coral Sea
The anthiine genus Plectranthias contains over fifty species of small to medium sized benthic, reef dwelling species. With the exception of P. garrupellus in the Western Atlantic, the genus is restricted to the Indo-Pacific region. Most species are small, highly secretive, and…
A fly/spy on the wall at Cairns Marine – Part 2
来自凯恩斯海洋的可持续收集动物的才能和质量是当今世界上最好的。从微型虾到宏伟的鲨鱼，刺痛海葵到要求的杂曲虫，每只穿过这些门的动物都暴露在外……
So, you glow in the dark? That don’t impress me much
珊瑚fluorescence is a magical phenomenon that is well documented, studied, and exploited by all who enjoy it. Fluorescence is an emission of light at a different wavelength from which was absorbed, and this causes a visible glow. Excitation however dies…
Opinion: I love Chromis leucura
我喜欢dam sellish。我更喜欢Chromis。但是，如果我喜欢一个Chromis，那就是Chromis Leucura。Chromis Leucura是一种矮小的物种，经常在深礁墙和壁架上的小组中发现，范围从…
A fly/spy on the wall at Cairns Marine – Part 1
The heaven and earth contrast between home aquarists and public aquarists have succeeded in fissuring the marine aquarium paradigm in more ways than one. While both industrial scenes are unified by the prevailing love of marine life, the industrial aspects and technical rigmarole…