Pseudanthias hangapiko, A New Anthias Species from Easter Island

假人甘迪亚皮科(Pseudanthias Hangapiko)是南太平洋地区拉帕·努伊(Rapa Nui)的新物种,即复活节岛(Easter Island)。Hangapiko Anthias在2017年的一次探险中发现了探索复活节中的礁石的探险。

Chromis mamatapara, a New Species of Damselfish from the Depths of Easter Island

Chromis are part of a group of fish that we expect to encounter in the deeper tropical reefs of the world, alongside the deepwater basslets, anthias, and certain wrasses, It’s therefore not a complete surprise that deep diving surveys in…

Luzonichthys kiomeamea, Rapa Nui Slitfin Anthias gets Officially Described

Luzonichthys kiomeamea is a brand new species of splitfin anthias that was just described. This novel schooling reef fish is part of a cohort of new species that were discovered by the California Academy of Sciences on an expedition to…

Plectranthias ahiahiata is a New Species from Easter Island

Plectranthias ahiahiata is newest inductee to a group of fish that are among the most interesting of the rare deepwater reef fish in the aquarium hobby. Interestingly, we were treated to a preview of this new fish as soon as…

Some Gorgeous New Reef Species Discovered In Easter Island

Every year there’s a great number of reef fish described but many of the coolest fish, as far as aquarists are concerned, are discovered by a small band of usual suspects. Therefore it comes as no surprise that the California…

Intimate video of Easter Island shows off its rare endemics in full HD

Easter Island is a semi-mythical destination with an eerie zen like atmosphere surrounding it and its lionised Moai statues. The same is to be said under its waters, where a few highly prized and endemic fish reside. In this intimate…

复活节岛书的海岸鱼会用一堆我们无法拥有的鱼嘲笑我们

Shore Fishes of Easter Island is a new guidebook of marine fish written by John Randall and Alfredo Cea and published by University of Hawaii Press. When most people think of Easter Island they invariably think of Moai, the monolithic…

Femininus wrasses abound in the cooler waters of Easter Island

Anampses femininus is one of the most highly coveted wrasses, and reef fish, for the home aquarium. Normally this species is restricted to fairly deep water in tropical locations like Vanuatu and Eastern Australia. While doing some research on the…