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Ophichthus kailashchandrai, A new species of Snake Eel From India

Ophichthus kailashchandrai, A new species of Snake Eel From India

Ophichthus kailashchandrai is the newest species of snake eel from Shankarpur fishing harbor, West Bengal in India. The common name proposed for this species is Kailash Chandra’s snake eel. The description is based on three collected specimens from the north part of the Bay of Bengal. The new snake eel is about 16.5-18 inches in length. The preserved specimens light brown, with white dorsal, anal…

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Platygobiopsis hadiatyae, A New Deep Water Goby From Indonesia

Platygobiopsis hadiatyae, A New Deep Water Goby From Indonesia

Platygobiopsis hadiatyae a new deep-water goby is described from off Panaitan Island in Indonesia. Currently, there are only 3 others know species of Platygobiopsis. The new specimen was caught by dredge at depth of 172 to 182 meters with is way beyond the recreational dive limit. The length of the caught specimen is about 1.7 inches.

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Plectranthias ryukyuensis, A New Species of Perchlet From Japan

Plectranthias ryukyuensis, A New Species of Perchlet From Japan

Plectranthias ryukyuensis is the newest species of perchlet from Ryukyu Islands in Japan. The new species is described on the basis of four specimens. The largest being 2.4 inches in length. Plectranthias is from the subfamily of Anthiadinae which should be more or less resemble Anthias but these look more like the hawkfish.

Plectranthias ryukyuensis, (A. Kaneko, A. Mishiku & T. Hashimoto)

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Counting Whales From Space Project

Counting Whales From Space Project

Counting whales from space can you believe this statement. Yes, it is true, New England Aquarium, Boston and Drapercompany from Cambridge will combine efforts to count whales from space. Together both the organisations will collect 1 Million USD to develop a technology that will have the capability to monitor large animals at sea. This announcement came out in Ocean Conference in Oslo, Norway…

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Olindias deigo, A New Species of Olindiidae from Japan

Olindias deigo, A New Species of Olindiidae from Japan

Olindias deigo is the newest species of Olindiidae from Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan. It might look like a Jellyfish but actually it is not. It is similar to Flower hat jelly (Olindias formosa) which is showcased in many public aquariums.

Recently ten specimens of Olindias were collected and analysed the results show that there is a new species on the bases of number and color of…

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What is Marine Fish or Saltwater Fish?

What is Marine Fish or Saltwater Fish?

What is marine fish? If you are new to the hobby then saltwater fish is also known as marine fish. These are those who live in the ocean or the sea. Some of the marine fish are very popular in the aquarium trade.

They are different if compared to freshwater fish and some of us often get confused with this simple concept when they are starting in the hobby.

Saltwater fish are often showcased…

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Can sound of healthy reef underwater help our coral habitat

Can sound of healthy reef underwater help our coral habitat

Mass coral bleaching in the year 1998 and 2010 has brought corals in front of the world. Since then efforts are being made to revive the reefs of the world. This will definitely take years to recover what is lost. According to an experiment done in Australia’s northern Great Barrier Reef. Study shows that playing the sound of a healthy reef underwater helped the manipulated reef compared to the…

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Expression of interest for the construction of Oceanarium, J&K.

Expression of interest for the construction of Oceanarium, J&K.

The Department of Fisheries, Government of Jammu & Kashmir is inviting agencies and firms who have construction experience of large public aquarium. This is a request for expression of interest for the construction of oceanarium at Bahu fort in Jammu. The interested firms and agency are supposed show their interest via fax/email by 12-12-2019.

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Oneirodes formosanus and Gigantactis cheni, Two new deep-sea anglerfishes from Taiwan

Oneirodes formosanus and Gigantactis cheni, Two new deep-sea anglerfishes from Taiwan

Oneirodes formosanus and Gigantactis cheni are two new deep-sea anglerfishes described from northeastern Taiwan. Caught at a depth of 400 to 600 m by commercial fishing boat using bottom trawlers. O. formosanus is about 3.6 inches and G. cheni is 15 inches in size. Both the species were caught in the year 1998 and 2001 respectively. Anglerfish are by far one of the spookiest deep-water fish known…

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Multilevel Aquarium in Mumbai, State Tourism Department to Draft a Proposal

Multilevel Aquarium in Mumbai, State Tourism Department to Draft a Proposal

I am having my morning tea and I read, Chief minister of Mumbai wants a multi-level world-class aquarium. On Monday he ordered the state tourism department to draft a proposal to develop a multilevel aquarium. In lines of the public aquarium Sea Life in Bangkok. Which is constructed under the Siam Paragon shopping mall. This is being done to give a big push to the tourism industry in Mumbai.

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Eviota amamiko and Eviota perspicilla, Two New Dwarfgobies from Japan

Eviota amamiko and Eviota perspicilla, Two New Dwarfgobies from Japan

Eviota amamiko and Eviota perspicilla are the two newest dwarfgobies from southern Japan. With the two new additions, the total number of Eviotais now 119. Both the gobies are smaller than .5 inch and are from an approximate depth of 10 – 16 m. E. amamiko is yellow to orange with some white spots and patches whereas E. perspicilla is translucent with dark orange-brown patches with white spots on…

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India Sets Stage for Deep Sea Missions

India Sets Stage for Deep Sea Missions

After ISRO’s launch to the moon, India is set to launch its Deep Sea Missions. The central government has allocated 8000 crores to explore the deepest part of the oceans surrounding. The major focus of the mission is to look for metals and minerals and for this United Nation’s International Seabed Authority (ISBA) has allotted to India a site of 75,000 sq. km in the Central Indian Ocean.

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Pteropsaron indicum, A New Species of Signalfish from Lakshadweep

Pteropsaron indicum, A New Species of Signalfish from Lakshadweep

Pteropsaron indicum is the newest species of signalfish from Lakshadweep Sea near Kerala, India. The new signalfish is described on the bases of two male specimens measuring about 3.3 inches. Trawled up from 70 m depth or 230 feet. The new species is known only from the Lakshadweep Sea (Laccadive Sea) off Kerala, southern India. P. indicum has two bright-yellow bands running along sides and on…

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Salt for Marine Aquarium

Salt for Marine Aquarium

Salt for a marine aquarium is one of the most discussed topics in the aquarium industry. Today we are going to check out some of the salt mixes available in India. Salt is an important part of maintaining your reef tank. Salt contains vital compounds which are required for growth and health of marine life forms. There are a number of different types of salt available in the market for reef tanks,…

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Flame angelfish (Centropyge loriculus) with vibrant orange flames

Flame angelfish (Centropyge loriculus) with vibrant orange flames

Centropyge loricula commonly known as the flame angelfish, flaming angelfish, and Japanese pygmy angelfish. It is one of the popular dwarf angelfish with bold orange color and four to five vertical black stripes on the body. Dorsal and anal fins are blue-tipped. Found at a depth of 15 – 60 m in tropical water of the Pacific Ocean. This fish can grow to a length of 4 to 5 inches.

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Social Media Posts and Photos Shows Pygmy Seahorse Diversity in Taiwan

Social Media Posts and Photos Shows Pygmy Seahorse Diversity in Taiwan

Social Media is one very powerful tool if used in the correct way and here is an example. Post and pictures from Taiwan’s scuba divers and underwater photographers were scraped through social media in order to investigate pygmy seahorse diversity. Scraping was done from 2017 and 2019 using keyword “pygmy seahorse in the Chinese language”. The results which came out were 259 social media items, 75…

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Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae, A New Species of Shrimpgoby from Indonesia

Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae, A New Species of Shrimpgoby from Indonesia

Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae is the newest species for shrimpgoby from West Papua Province, Indonesia. The new shrimpgoby is about 1.5 inches in length, collected from a depth of 10-20 m. The color on the new goby is greyish to yellowish white with clusters of blue and yellow spots. The new species is named dawnarnallae in honour of Dawn Arnall, a person who funded the expedition and provides…

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