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When marine biologist Océane Attlan saw the tiny Braun’s wrasse, it was like ‘recognising a familiar face, but you can’t put a name on it’ ...

Scientists found an orange-eyed ocean animal at markets in the Philippines and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative market. Photo from Emile Guillemot via Unsplash ...

If you're not really into salt-water tanks or don't spend a lot of time in coral reefs, there's still a high probability you may have heard of the bluestreak cleaner wrasse fish. Likely because last ...

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The rose-veiled fairy wrasse is the first Maldivian fish to be described by a local scientist. Pictured: a male rose-veiled fairy wrasse Yi-Kai Tea/Californa Academy of Sciences Deep in the waters off ...

Member nations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) approved regulating trade in humphead wrasse, a giant coral reef fish threatened by the luxury food trade in Asia.

A team of scientists, including Ben Frable of UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, discovered a new species of tropical fish during an expedition to remote Mexican islands, it was ...

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Before squaring up for a fight, some fish check themselves out in the mirror to make sure they're big enough. This strange behavior was seen in bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), who ...