New Species of deepwater scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes barrybrowni

Scorpaenodes barrybrowni is a new pretty little species of scorpionfish from the deepwaters of the Caribbean Sea. Discovered in Dominica by the Curasub, the newly described Scorpaenodes barrybrowni is named in honor of Barry Brown, a member of team Curasub and the…

在多米尼加可能发现的新型lipogramma basslet种

lipogramma klayi是一种美丽而细腻的加勒比海bass,对礁石制造商的页面并不陌生。多年来,我们已经详细撰写了有关该物种的文章,现在看来可能是一个……

We bet you can’t name this Caribbean fish
The RV Chapman and Curasub have successfully completed a month long expedition into the marine biology and ecology on the deep reefs off the Northwest coast of Dominica. This bottom dwelling fish was photographed on the 30th day of their expedition on…
New Decodon hogfish collected in Dominica

The Curasub responsible for so many new discoveries and new species in Curacao is on the move. As part of the Smithsonian Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP), a team of researchers and the Curasub are currently in Dominica, to do…

The deep sea is on display in Curacao

对大多数人来说Mesophotic Zone is an entirely unknown part of the ocean that very few study and even fewer have physically visited. Yet these areas are more diverse than anticipated and contain a cornicopia of life from the…

Coryphopterus curasub newly described from mesophotic curacao

Coryphopterus curasub is the newest species of deepwater reef fish described from the depths of Curacao. The new Coryphopterus goby species is yet another new discovery made by the deep-diving Curasub which now gets its full name included in the binomial designation of…

Decompressing marine fish from the deep reefs of Curacao

The following is a guest contribution from Joe Oliver, a resident Marine Biologist for the Curacao Sea Aquarium and Substation Curacao. As an aquarist (hobbyist or professional) there is a huge array of fishes available as possible options when it comes…

Two new Lipogramma sp from Curacao, including a never before seen juvenile makes these the 4th and 5th known specimens caught alive

令人难以置信的深度和稀有的库拉科(Curacao)未描述的Lipogramma Robinsi再次出现罢工,这次,库拉斯布(Curasub)捕获了两个新标本,包括从未见过的少年。这两个目前是我们…的第四和第五个标本。

Pagurus curacaoensis是一种深海寄居蟹,生活在scaphopod贝壳中

Pagurus curacaoensis is a gorgeous little hermit crab that lives in very deep water, a live specimen of which has recently been collected by the Curacao Aquarium submersible responsible for all those awesome deepwater reef fish from Curacao. With red…