Archive for 'Fish News' Category
Acclimating aquarium fish
FishChannel.com recently added an interactive feature to their website, called “Fish Videos”, where visitors can upload videos of their fishy friends. This is a fun, new way to share your aquarium geekiness with others who share your interest. Nowadays, it seems like every cell phone has a video camera feature, and it’s never been easier to take, [...]
Queen Triggerfish Reared in Captivity for First Time
For the first time ever, offspring from the queen triggerfish, Balistes vetula, were reared in captivity. With help from scientists at the neighboring Roger Williams University, biologists at the New England Aquarium are the first to achieve success captively rearing this threatened saltwater species. The proud parents, a pair of queen triggerfish inhabiting a 250 [...]
Lionfish Invade Reefs
The red lionfish, Pterois volitans, is wreaking havoc on Caribbean reefs, in what some are calling, one of the most deadly marine invasions in history. The red lionfish is a member of the venomous Scorpionfish subfamily, and is native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. However, reports of observation in the Atlantic Ocean have been [...]
Fish Grew Fingers First An Evolutionary Biology Story
Researchers at Uppsala University recently published evidence that fingers may have evolved first in fish. The previous consensus among evolutionary biologists was that fingers had evolved from the first 4-legged animals to walk on land, known as Tetrapods. Tetrapods are commonly considered to be the evolutionary link between fish and terrestrial vertebrates—the ancestors of modern [...]
Saltwater Fish Waste Is Actually A Buffer
A scientific discovery, published in the journal Science, suggests a major role that fish play in maintaining the pH of the world’s oceans. The discovery is focused on the marine carbon cycle—which incorporates the role of calcium carbonate as both a buffer and major component of the skeletal tissue of the reef-building corals. Prior to [...]
Clownfish Can Find Their Way Back to Their Reef Using Sense of Smell
This article was originally published in Aquarium Fish International, February 2009: page 18 After clownfish hatch from their eggs, they spend about 10-12 days floating freely in the ocean, as pelagic larvae. After that time, they often return to the reefs close to shore, where they were born. The mechanism through which the fish find [...]
Cleaner Fish Reduce Aggression in Captive Aquaria
This was my third published submission to Aquarium Fish International. Aggression among fish is a natural behavior. This behavior tends to get exacerbated in the confines of a community tank, where aquarists mix specimens in a confined space. Researchers from the University of Queensland may have found a solution to the problem. Their research demonstrates [...]
Fish Have the Ability to Count to 4
This is the second submission that was published in Aquarium Fish International. The article highlights the research findings of a study in Italy where scientists determined that mosquito fish are able to count up to four. That just still seems so awesome to me. Scientists in Italy published evidence that fish are capable of counting. [...]
FISH ARE CAPABLE OF HUMAN-LIKE LOGIC
This is a copy of an article that was published in the Aquarium Fish International. I submitted it for publication in the Aquabits section of their magazine. It is the first article that I ever had published, and is based on an article/news item written by Robin Lloyd. Even though it’s a low sodium article [...]
