Brian Blake4 minFish Profile: The Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus)The lawnmower, jewelled, sailfin, or algae blenny was first described to western science by Marcus Eleiser Bloch in 1786. Bloch was a...
Brian Blake6 minFish Profile: The Denison Barb (Sahyadria denisonii) The Western Ghats is a mountain range that spans 160,000 square kilometers along the western coast of the Indian peninsula. This mountain...
Brian Blake6 minFish Profile: The Boesemani Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani)Male M. boesemani In 1954, an expedition to Dutch New Guinea, now West Papua, sponsored by the Rijks Museum of Natural History in the...
Brian Blake7 minFish Profile: The Striped Raphael Catfish (Platydoras armatulus)Catfish are some of the most interesting aquarium inhabitants. Observing their biology, anatomy, and behavior can be a fascinating...
Brian Blake7 minFish Profile: Peters' Elephantnose Fish. One of the most fascinating fish I’ve had the pleasure of caring for recently is a species from Africa called Peters' elephantnose fish,...