Last month’s expedition — the first ever survey of the Maldives’ so-called “twilight zone” (or mesophotic) reefs — not only collected new specimens of C. finifenmaa that were essential ...

By Kristine Sabillo From the volcanic fjords of Tufi in Papua New Guinea, researchers have described a new-to-science species of a coral reef fish called a dwarfgoby with an unusual purplish-black ...

University of California - Santa Cruz. "New coral reef fish species shows rare parental care behavior." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 05 / 170518143855.htm (accessed June ...

Coral reef fish species have proven invaluable for experimental testing of key concepts in social evolution and already have yielded insights about the ultimate reasons for female reproductive ...

For example, hybrids have been identified for more than 173 species of coral reef fishes . And yet, despite all this hybridizing, coral reefs remain one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth ...

To fill this knowledge gap, Tea and his colleagues turned to the fishes’ genetics, extracting DNA from 39 different fairy wrasse species. Many earlier genetic studies on ocean animals in the ...

The Caribbean has 10 percent of the world's coral reefs and an estimated 1,400 species of fish and marine mammals. ...

"Their presence is highly sensitive to environmental changes. If the coral reefs are damaged or polluted, the population of ...

image: Altrichthys alelia (Alelia's damselfish) is a new species of damselfish discovered in the Philippines. Unlike most coral reef fish, in this species the parents care for their young. view more ...

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

“It’s very unusual to see a coral reef fish guarding its babies, so it’s really cool when you see it.” Genetic tests on the specimens they collected confirmed that it is a new species, which the ...