The appeal of the red-line torpedo

South africa’s sardine run might just be the greatest wildlife spectacle you’ve never heard of. So large is this annual fishy movement that in biomass terms alone it has been estimated to rival the ep

DAMSELFISH” IS A common name used for a group of small, colourful marine fish that inhabit coral reefs around the world. It’s not a scientific term, but rather a way of grouping together similar-looki

AT THE BEGINNING of February, some of the hobby’s favourite L-Numbers were finally given a scientific name, and it couldn’t have been chosen any better. The German Ingo Seidel, donor of one of the spe

IN THE SUMMER of 2023, I had the great privilege of giving talks about my adventures in Brazil to the Missouri Aquarium Society (MASI) and the Chicago Aquatic Plant Society (CAPS), in the USA. They in

“OBSERVING THE FISH BEFOREHAND RESULTED IN THIS EARLY ...

IT’S A FISH beloved by aquarists around the globe: its sleek, jet-black body and vibrant crimson tail make it a striking presence in any home aquarium. The red-tailed black shark, or red tail sharkmin